Nileidae

Extinct family of trilobites

Nileidae
Temporal range: Cambrian to Ordovician [1]
Symphysurus from Iran, Ordovician
Platypeltoides magrebiensis and aglaspidid from early Ordovician Fezouata Formation, Morocco
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
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]

Genera

  • Aocaspis Dolambi and Gond 1992
  • Barrandia McCoy 1849
  • Borthaspidella Rasetti 1954
  • Bumastides Veber 1948
  • Homalopteon Salter 1867
  • Illaenopsis Salter 1865
  • Kodymaspis Prantl and Pribyl 1950
  • Neopsilocephalina Yin 1978
  • Nileus Dalman 1827
  • Parabarrandia Prantl and Pribyl 1949
  • Peraspis Whittington 1965
  • Petrbokia Pribyl and Vanek 1965
  • Platypeltoides Pribyl 1949
  • Poronileus Fortey 1975
  • Psilocephalinella Kobayashi 1951
  • Symphysurina Ulrich 1924
  • Symphysurus Goldfuss 1843
  • Varvia Thernvik 1965

References

  1. ^ a b The Paleobiology Database
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