Dikelocephalidae

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: Asaphida
Superfamilia: Dikelocephaloidea
Familia: Dikelocephalidae
Genera: Berkeia - Blandicephalus - Briscoia - Camaraspoides - Dikelocephalus - Elkia - Goumenzia - Hoytaspis - Iranella - Kasachstanaspis - Monocheilus - Olimus - Osceolia - Parabriscoia - Patalolaspis - Princetonella - Pterocephalops - Randicephalus - Stigmacephalus - Walcottaspis
Name
Dikelokephalidae Miller 1889

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

References

Hughes, Nigel C. (1994). "Ontogeny, Intraspecific Variation, and Systematics of the Late Cambrian Trilobite Dikelocephalus". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 79.
S. M. Gon III. "Order Asaphida". Retrieved November 14, 2010.
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.