Calmoniidae
Encyclopedia
Calmoniidae is a family of trilobite
s from the order Phacopida
, suborder Phacopina
, superfamily Acastoidea
.
It contains the following genera:
Trilobite
Trilobites are a well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the Atdabanian stage of the Early Cambrian period , and they flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before...
s from the order Phacopida
Phacopida
Phacopida is an order of trilobite that lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian. It is made up of a morphologically diverse group of related suborders....
, suborder Phacopina
Phacopina
Phacopina is a suborder including many trilobites.-External links:* - various photos, some of Phacopina...
, superfamily Acastoidea
Acastoidea
Acastoidea is a superfamily of trilobites from the order Phacopida, suborder Phacopina. This superfamily is divided into two families, Acastidae and Calmoniidae. This superfamily is distinguishable from the Phacopidae in that eyes are closer to the glabella and that the glabella has lobes, unlike...
.
It contains the following genera:
- AnchiopellaAnchiopellaAnchiopella is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now South Africa. It was described by Reed in 1907, and the type species is Anchiopella cristagalli, which was originally described as Encrinurus cristagalli by Woodward in 1873.-External links:* at the...
- AndinacasteAndinacasteAndinacaste is an extinct genus of trilobite. It contains two species, A. espejensis, and A. legrandi.-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database...
- Australocaste
- AustralopsAustralopsAustralops is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now Argentina. It was described by Baldis in 1972, and the type species is Australops australis.-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database...
- Awaria
- BainellaBainellaBainella is an extinct genus of trilobite. It contains three species: B. africana; B. baini; and B. cristagalli.-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database...
- Belenops
- Bouleia
- CalmoniaCalmoniaCalmonia is an extinct genus of trilobite. It contains one species: C. curvioculata.-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database...
- Chiarumanipyge
- Clarkeaspis
- Cryphaeoides
- Curuyella
- DeltacephalaspisDeltacephalaspisDeltacephalaspis is an extinct genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida. It contains four species, D. comis, D. magister, D. retrospina, and D. tumida.-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database...
- EldredgeiaEldredgeiaEldredgeia is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, suborder Phacopina, family Calmoniidae. This genus comes from the Devonian of South America, usually found in nodules. The trilobite Eldredgeia venustus, from Bolivia, is the most common South American trilobite on today's fossil market,...
- Feistia
- Hadrorachus
- Jujuyops
- Kozlowskiaspis
- Malvinella
- Malvinocooperella
- Metacryphaeus
- Oosthuizenella
- Palpebrops
- Parabouleia
- Paracalmonia
- Pennaia
- Plesioconvexa
- Plesiomalvinella
- Prestalia
- Probolops
- Punillaspis
- Renniella
- Romanops
- Schizostylus
- Talacastops
- Tarijactinoides
- Tibagya
- Tormesiscus
- Typhloniscus
- Vogesina
- Wolfartaspis