Homalonotidae

Homalonotidae is a family of trilobites that lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian. They are characterised by a shovel-like cephalon (head), and are closely related to the family Calymenidae.[1]

Homalonotidae
Temporal range: Ordovician–Middle Devonian
Homalonotus
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Homalonotidae

Chapman, 1890

It contains the following genera:[2]

References

  1. Curtis R. Congreve & Bruce S. Lieberman (2008). "Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of Ordovician homalonotid trilobites" (PDF). The Open Paleontology Journal. 1: 24–32.
  2. S. M. Gon III. "Order Phacopida". Retrieved November 14, 2010.


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