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Homalonotidae
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"Brongniartella (trilobite)" redirects here. Not to be confused with Brongniartella.
Homalonotidae is a family of trilobites that lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian. They are characterised by a shovel-like cephalon (head), and are closely related to the family Calymenidae.[1]
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Homalonotus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Phacopida |
Suborder: | †Calymenina |
Family: | †Homalonotidae Chapman, 1890 |
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It contains the following genera:[2]
- Arduennella
- Brongniartella
- Burmeisterella
- Burmeisteria
- Digonus
- Dipleura
- Eohomalonotus
- Homalonotus
- Huemacaspis
- Iberocoryphe
- Kerfornella
- Leiostegina
- Parahomalonotus
- Plaesiacomia
- Platycoryphe
- Scabrella
- Trimerus
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