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Raphiophoridae
Extinct family of trilobites / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Rhaphidophoridae.
Raphiophoridae is a family of small to average-sized trilobites that first occurred at the start of the Ordovician and became extinct at the end of the Middle Silurian.
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Quick Facts Scientific classification, Subfamilies ...
Raphiophoridae | |
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Curled Ampyx nasutus showing the cephalon, genal spines & glabellar spine | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Asaphida |
Superfamily: | †Trinucleioidea |
Family: | †Raphiophoridae Angelin, 1854 |
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