Dikelocephalidae
| Dikelocephalidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Asaphida |
| Superfamily: | Dikelocephaloidea |
| Family: | Dikelocephalidae Miller, 1889 |
Dikelocephalidae is a family of trilobites, that lived during the Upper Cambrian. Relatively large eyes close to the glabella, is a shared characteristic.[1] The following genera have been assigned to this family:[2]
- Berkeia
- Blandicephalus
- Briscoia
- Camaraspoides
- Dikelocephalus
- Elkia
- Goumenzia
- Hoytaspis
- Iranella
- Kasachstanaspis
- Monocheilus
- Olimus
- Osceolia
- Parabriscoia
- Patalolaspis
- Princetonella
- Pterocephalops
- Randicephalus
- Stigmacephalus
- Taebaeksaukia [3]
- Walcottaspis
References
- ↑ Hughes, Nigel C. (1994). "Ontogeny, Intraspecific Variation, and Systematics of the Late Cambrian Trilobite Dikelocephalus". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 79.
- ↑ S. M. Gon III. "Order Asaphida". Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ↑ Seung-Bae Lee & Duck K. Choi (2011). "Dikelocephalid trilobites from the Eosaukia fauna (Upper Furongian) of the Taebaek Group, Korea". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (2): 279–297. doi:10.1666/10-034.1.
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