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 ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | † Trilobita |
Order: | † Asaphida |
Superfamily: | † Cyclopygoidea |
Family: | † Nileidae Angelin 1854 |
Genera | |
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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]