Nileidae
Extinct family of trilobites
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Nileidae is a family of trilobites of the Asaphida order.
| 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 |
| Genera | |
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These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Ordovician and Cambrian periods.[1]
Genera
- Aocaspis Dolambi and Gond 1992
- Barrandia McCoy 1849
- Borthaspidella Rasetti 1954
- Bumastides Veber 1948
- Homalopteon Salter 1867
- Illaenopsis Salter 1865
- Kodymaspis Prantl and Pribyl 1950
- Neopsilocephalina Yin 1978
- Nileus Dalman 1827
- Parabarrandia Prantl and Pribyl 1949
- Peraspis Whittington 1965
- Petrbokia Pribyl and Vanek 1965
- Platypeltoides Pribyl 1949
- Poronileus Fortey 1975
- Psilocephalinella Kobayashi 1951
- Symphysurina Ulrich 1924
- Symphysurus Goldfuss 1843
- Varvia Thernvik 1965
