Raymondinidae are the only family in the trilobite superfamily Raymondinacea, which lived during the Middle and Upper Cambrian.
Raymondinidae Temporal range:
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Order: | Ptychopariida (?)
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Superfamily: | Raymondinacea Clark, 1924
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Family: | Raymondinidae Clark, 1924
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Taxonomy
editThe Raymondinidae consists of three subfamilies, but is assumed to be polyphyletic.[1]
- Raymondininae (= Pilgrimiidae)
- Cedariniinae
- Cedaria, Cedarina
- Llanoaspidinae
- Llanoaspis, Arcuolimbus, Genevievella, Metisaspis
References
edit- ^ Moore, R.C. (1959). Arthropoda I - Arthropoda General Features, Proarthropoda, Euarthropoda General Features, Trilobitomorpha. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. Part O. Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press. pp. O298–O301. ISBN 0-8137-3015-5.