Raymondinidae
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Ptychopariida (?)
Superfamily:
Raymondinacea

Clark, 1924
Family:
Raymondinidae

Clark, 1924
subfamilies
  • Raymondininae
  • Cedariniinae
  • Llanoaspidinae

Raymondinidae are the only family in the trilobite superfamily Raymondinacea, which lived during the Middle and Upper Cambrian.

Taxonomy

The Raymondinidae consists of three subfamilies, but is assumed to be polyphyletic.[1]

  • Raymondininae (= Pilgrimiidae)
Raymondina, Amquia, Exigua (= Brassicicephalus), Llanoaspidella, Paracedaria
  • Cedariniinae
Cedaria, Cedarina
  • Llanoaspidinae
Llanoaspis, Arcuolimbus, Genevievella, Metisaspis

References

  1. ↑ 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.


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