Damesellidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: †Trilobitomorpha
Classis: Trilobita
Ordo: Lichida
Subordo: Lichina
Superfamilia: Dameselloidea
Familia: Damesellidae
Genera: Adelogonus - Bergeronites - Blackwelderia - Blackwelderioides - Chiawangella - Cyrtoprora - Damesella - Damesops - Dipentaspis - Dipyrgotes - Drepanura - Duamsannella - Fengduia - Guancenshani - Hercantyx - Histiomona - Jiawangaspis - Karslanus - Liuheaspis - Metashantungia - Neodamesella - Palaeadotes - Paradamesella - Parashantungia - Pingquania - Pionaspis - Protaitzehoia - Pseudoblackwelderia - Shantungia - Stephanocare - Taihangshania - Taitzehoia - Teinistion - Xintaia - Yanshanopyge
References

Smith, P.M., Paterson, J.R. & Brock, G.A. 2018. Trilobites and agnostids from the Goyder Formation (Cambrian Series 3, Guzhangian; Mindyallan), Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Zootaxa 4396(1): 1–67. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4396.1.1 Reference page.

Damesellidae is a family of odontopleurid trilobites found in late Middle to Late Cambrian marine strata, primarily of China. Damesellids are closely related to the odontopleurids of Odontopleuridae, but are not nearly as spinose, nor possess spines as exaggerated as Odontopleuridae. Like Odontopleuridae odontopleurids, damesellids have broad, bar-shaped cranidia with ledge-like borders. Damesellidae may represent transitional forms between more primitive, possibly ancestral ptychopariids and more advanced odontopleurids.
Genera

Genera include

?Adelogonus
Bergeronites
Blackwelderia
Blackwelderioides
Chiawangella
Cyrtoprora
Damesella
Damesops
Dipentaspis
Dipyrgotes
Neodrepanura
Duamsannella
Fengduia
Guancenshania
?Hercantyx
Histiomona
Jiawangaspis
Karslanus [1]
Liuheaspis
Metashantungia
Neodamesella
Palaeadotes,
Paradamesella
Parashantungia
Pingquania
Pionaspis
Protaitzehoia
Pseudoblackwelderia
Shantungia
Stephanocare
Taihangshania
Taitzehoia
Teinistion
Xintaia
Yanshanopyge

References

Hüseyin Özdikmen (2009). "Nomenclatural changes for twenty trilobites genera" (PDF). Munis Entomology and Zoology. 4 (1): 155–171.