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

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  1. ^ Hughes, Nigel C. (1994). "Ontogeny, Intraspecific Variation, and Systematics of the Late Cambrian Trilobite Dikelocephalus". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 79 (79): 1–89. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.79.1.
  2. ^ S. M. Gon III. "Order Asaphida". Retrieved November 14, 2010.
  3. ^ 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. Bibcode:2011JPal...85..279L. doi:10.1666/10-034.1. S2CID 130007245.
Taxon identifiers
Dikelocephalidae
  • Wikidata: Q905364
  • Wikispecies: Dikelocephalidae
  • CoL: 99T
  • EoL: 4321101
  • GBIF: 3267135
  • IRMNG: 100277
  • Open Tree of Life: 5131075
  • Paleobiology Database: 133764


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