Oryctocephalidae
Extinct family of trilobites
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Oryctocephalidae is an extinct family of trilobite in the order Corynexochida. There are more than 20 genera and 60 described species in Oryctocephalidae.[1]
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| Fossil of Changaspis Elongate, a member of Oryctocephalidae. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Corynexochida |
| Suborder: | †Corynexochina |
| Family: | †Oryctocephalidae Beecher, 1897 |
Genera
These 27 genera belong to the family Oryctocephalidae:
- † Arthricocephalus Bergeron, 1899
- † Changaspis Lee, 1963
- † Cheiruroides Kobayashi, 1935
- † Curvoryctocephalus Zhao & Yuan, 2001
- † Duyunaspis Chien & Lin, 1978
- † Feilongshania Qian & Lin, 1980
- † Goldfieldia Palmer, 1964
- † Hunanocephalus Lee, 1963
- † Kunshanaspis Zhang & Zhou, 1985
- † Metabalangia Qian & Yuan, 1980
- † Metarthricocephalus Zhao & Yuan, 2001
- † Microryctocara Sundberg & McCollum, 1997
- † Oryctocara Walcott, 1908
- † Oryctocephalina Tomashpolskaya, 1961
- † Oryctocephalites Resser, 1939
- † Oryctocephaloides Yuan, 1980
- † Oryctocephalops Lermontova, 1940
- † Oryctocephalus Walcott, 1886
- † Oryctometopus Tomashpol'skaya, 1964
- † Ovatoryctocara Chernysheva, 1962
- † Paleooryctocephalus Repina, 1964
- † Parachangaspis Liu, 1982
- † Protoryctocephalus Chow, 1974
- † Sandoveria Shergold, 1969
- † Shabaella Qian & Sun, 1977
- † Shergoldiella Geyer, 2006
- † Tonkinella Mansuy, 1922
