Homalonotidae
| Homalonotidae Temporal range: | |
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| Homalonotus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Phacopida |
| Suborder: | †Calymenina |
| Family: | †Homalonotidae Chapman, 1890 |
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]
It contains the following genera:[2]
References
- ^ Curtis R. Congreve & Bruce S. Lieberman (2008). "Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of Ordovician homalonotid trilobites" (PDF). The Open Paleontology Journal. 1 (1): 24–32. Bibcode:2008OPalJ...1...24C. doi:10.2174/1874425700801010024.
- ^ S. M. Gon III. "Order Phacopida". Retrieved November 14, 2010.