Nileidae
Extinct family of trilobites
Nileidae Temporal range: Cambrian to Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Symphysurus fossil from the Ordovician period, Iran | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Asaphida |
Superfamily: | †Cyclopygoidea |
Family: | †Nileidae Angelin 1854 |
Genera | |
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Nileidae is a family of trilobites of the Asaphida order.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Ordovician and Cambrian periods.[1]
Genera
- Aocaspis Dolambi and Gond 1992
- Barrandia McCoy 1849
- Borthaspidella Rasetti 1954
- Homalopteon Salter 1867
- Illaenopsis Salter 1865
- Kodymaspis Prantl and Pribyl 1950
- Neopsilocephalina Yin 1978
- Nileus Dalman 1827
- Parabarrandia Prantl and Pribyl 1949
- Peraspis Whittington 1965
- Petrbokia Pribyl and Vanek 1965
- Platypeltoides Pribyl 1949
- Poronileus Fortey 1975
- Psilocephalinella Kobayashi 1951
- Symphysurina Ulrich 1924
- Symphysurus Goldfuss 1843
- Varvia Thernvik 1965
References
- ^ a b The Paleobiology Database
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