Dikelocephalidae

Dikelocephalidae is a family of trilobites, that lived during the Upper Cambrian. Relatively large eyes close to the glabella, is a shared characteristic.[1] The following genera have been assigned to this family:[2]

  • Berkeia
  • Blandicephalus
  • Briscoia
  • Camaraspoides
  • Dikelocephalus
  • Elkia
  • Goumenzia
  • Hoytaspis
  • Iranella
  • Kasachstanaspis
  • Monocheilus
  • Olimus
  • Osceolia
  • Parabriscoia
  • Patalolaspis
  • Princetonella
  • Pterocephalops
  • Randicephalus
  • Stigmacephalus
  • Taebaeksaukia [3]
  • Walcottaspis

Dikelocephalidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Asaphida
Superfamily:
Dikelocephaloidea
Family:
Dikelocephalidae

Miller, 1889

References
  1. Hughes, Nigel C. (1994). "Ontogeny, Intraspecific Variation, and Systematics of the Late Cambrian Trilobite Dikelocephalus". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 79.
  2. S. M. Gon III. "Order Asaphida". Retrieved November 14, 2010.
  3. Seung-Bae Lee & Duck K. Choi (2011). "Dikelocephalid trilobites from the Eosaukia fauna (Upper Furongian) of the Taebaek Group, Korea". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (2): 279–297. doi:10.1666/10-034.1.


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