Dolichometopidae
| Dolichometopidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Athabaskia bithus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Corynexochida |
| Suborder: | †Corynexochina |
| Family: | † Walcott, 1916 |
Dolichometopidae is a family of corynexochid trilobites that lived in the Cambrian, from the lower Botomian to the Dresbachian.[1] It contains the following genera:[2]
- Aegunaspis
- Amphoton
- Anoria
- Asperocare
- Athabaskia
- Athabaskiella
- Atypicus
- Basanellus
- Bathyuriscidella
- Bathyuriscus
- Borovikovia
- Centonella
- Chilometopus
- Chilonorria
- Clavaspidella
- Corynexochides
- Deiradonyx
- Dolicholeptus
- Dolichometopsis
- Dolichometopus
- Drozdoviella
- Erratobalticus
- Ezhuangia
- Fuchouia
- Glossopleura
- ?Granularaspis
- Guraspis
- ?Hanburia
- Hemirhodon
- Horonastes
- Itydeois
- Kannoriella
- Klotziella
- Lianhuashania
- Mendospidella
- Neopoliellina
- Parapoliella
- Poliella
- Poliellaspidella
- Poliellaspis
- Poliellina
- Politinella
- Polypleuraspis
- Prosymphysurus
- Pseudamphoton
- Ptannigania
- Saimixiella
- Sestrostega
- Shanghaia
- Sinijanella
- Suvorovaaspis
- Undillia
- Zhenpingaspis
References
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- ^ J. John Sepkoski Jr. (1992). "Taxonomy and stratigraphic ranges of animal families in the Vendian and Cambrian: data and analytical results for Section 11.4". In J. William Schopf & Cornelis Klein (ed.). The Proterozoic biosphere: a multidisciplinary study. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1171–1184. ISBN 978-0-521-36615-1.
- ^ S. M. Gon III. "Order Corynexochida". Retrieved November 17, 2010.