Nileidae
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| Nileidae Temporal range: [1] | |
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| Symphysurus from Iran, Ordovician | |
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| Platypeltoides magrebiensis and aglaspidid from early Ordovician Fezouata Formation, Morocco | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Asaphida |
| Superfamily: | †Cyclopygoidea |
| Family: | †Nileidae Angelin, 1854 |
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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]
