Calodiscidae
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| Calodiscidae Temporal range: | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita (?) |
| Order: | †Agnostida |
| Suborder: | †Eodiscina |
| Superfamily: | †Eodiscoidea |
| Family: | †Calodiscidae Kobayashi, 1943[1] |
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The Calodiscidae Kobayashi, 1943 [nom. transl. Öpik, 1975 ex Calodiscinae Kobayashi, 1943] are a family of trilobites belonging to the order Agnostida that lived during the Lower Cambrian (Botomian and Toyonian). They are small or very small, and have a thorax of two or three segments. The Calodiscidae includes five genera (see box).
