Panderiidae
Extinct family of trilobites
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Panderiidae is a family of trilobites in the order Corynexochida.
| Panderiidae Temporal range: [1] | |
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| Fossil of Panderia beaumonti from Ille-et-Vilaine, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Corynexochida |
| Suborder: | †Illaenina |
| Family: | †Panderiidae Bruton, 1968 |
These nektobenthic carnivores lived in the Ordovician period, from 488.3 to 443.7 Ma.[1]
Genera
- Hemibarrandia
- Panderia
Distribution
Fossils of this family have been found in the Ordovician sediments of Czech Republic, France, Norway, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom.[1]
