Trinucleioidea

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Trinucleioidea
Temporal range: Furongian–Silurian
Cryptolithoides ulrichi.jpg
Cryptolithoides ulrichi , a trilobite in the family Trinucleidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Superfamily: Trinucleioidea
Families

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Trinucleioidea is a superfamily of trilobites. Traditionally placed within the Asaphida, it is now sometimes considered its own order, Trinucleida. [1] [2]

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Damghanampyx ghobadipour fossil from Lashkark Formation, Ordovician, Damghan, Iran Damghan Ampyx ghobadipour fossil from Lashkark Formation, Ordovician, Damghan, Iran.jpg
Damghanampyx ghobadipour fossil from Lashkark Formation, Ordovician, Damghan, Iran

Taxonomy

There are five families in the super family; they are the: Alataspididae, Dionididae, Liostracinidae, Raphiophoridae, and Trinucleidae

Families and genera

Alsataspididae: Ajrikina, Alataupleura, Araiopleura, Calycinoidia, Caputrotundum, Clavatellus, Falanaspis, Hapalopleura, Huamiaocephalus, Jegorovaia, Jiangxiaspis, Orometopus, Pagometopus, Palquiella, Paracalymenemene, Plesioparabolina, Pyrimetopus, Rhadinopleura, Seleneceme, Sibiriopleura, Skljarella, Spirantyx, Trigocephalus, Yumenaspis, Zacompsus.

Dionididae: Aethedionide, Digrypos, Dionide, Dionideina, Dionidella, Huangnigangia, Paradionide, Tongxinaspis, Trinucleoides .

Liostracinidae: Aplexura, Doremataspis, Liostracina, Lynaspis.

Raphiophoridae: Ampyx, Ampyxella, Ampyxina, Ampyxinella, Ampyxoides, Anisonotella, Bulbaspis, Caganaspis, Carinocranium, Cerampyx, Cnemidopyge, Collis, Edmundsonia, Ellsaspis, Endymionia, Globampyx, Jiuxiella, Kanlingia, Lonchodomas, Malinaspis, Malongullia, Mendolaspis, Metalonchodomas, Miaopopsis, Nambeetella, Nanshanaspis, Parabulbaspis, Parampyx, Pseudampyxina, Pytine, Raphioampyx, Raphiophorus, Raymondella, Rhombampyx, Salteria, Sinampyxina, Sinoluia, Taklamakania.

Trinucleidae: Anebolithus, Australomyttonia, Bancroftolithus, Bergamia, Bettonolithus, Botrioides, Broeggerolithus, Costonia, Cryptolithoides, Cryptolithus, Deanaspis, Declivolithus, Decordinaspis, Eirelithus, Famatinolithus, Furcalithus, Guandacolithus, Gymnostomix, Hanchungolithus, Huenickenolithus, Incaia, Jianxilithus, Lloydolithus, Lordshillia, Marekolithus, Marrolithoides, Marrolithus, ?Microdiscus, Myinda, Myindella, Myttonia, Nankinolithus, Ningkianolithus, Novaspis, Onnia, Paratretaspis, Paratrinucleus, Parkesolithus, Pragolithus, Protoincaia, Protolloydolithus, Reedolithus, Reuscholithus, Salterolithus, Stapeleyelta, Telaeomarrolithus, Tetrapsetlium, Tretaspis, Trinucleus, Whittardolithus, Xiushuilithus, Yinpanolithus . [2]

References

  1. Bignon, Arnaud; Waisfield, Beatriz G.; Vaccari, Emilio; Chatterton, Brian D. E. (2020). "Reassessment of the Order Trinucleida (Trilobita)" . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 18 (13): 1061–1077. Bibcode:2020JSPal..18.1061B. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1720324. S2CID   212995185.
  2. 1 2 "TRILOBITE ORDER TRINUCLEIDA FACT SHEET". www.trilobites.info.