Dikelocephalidae

Family of trilobites From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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
Phylum:Arthropoda
Clade:Artiopoda
Class:Trilobita
Order:Asaphida
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Dikelocephalidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Superfamily: Dikelocephaloidea
Family: Dikelocephalidae
Miller, 1889
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A drawing of the pygidium of Dikelocephalus minnesotensis, Order Asaphida, family Dikelocephalidae, final stage of the Upper Cambrian
A drawing of the pygidium of Dikelocephalus minnesotensis, Order Asaphida, family Dikelocephalidae, final stage of the Upper Cambrian

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