Homalonotidae
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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: | |
|---|---|
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| Homalonotus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Phacopida |
| Suborder: | †Calymenina |
| Family: | †Homalonotidae Chapman, 1890 |
It contains the following genera:[2]
- Arduennella
- Brongniartella
- Burmeisterella
- Burmeisteria
- Digonus
- Dipleura
- Eohomalonotus
- Homalonotus
- Huemacaspis
- Iberocoryphe
- Kerfornella
- Leiostegina
- Parahomalonotus
- Plaesiacomia
- Platycoryphe
- Scabrella
- Trimerus
