Dikelocephalidae Explained

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

Notes and References

1. Nigel C.. Hughes. 1994. Ontogeny, Intraspecific Variation, and Systematics of the Late Cambrian Trilobite Dikelocephalus. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 79. 79. 1–89. 10.5479/si.00810266.79.1.
2. Web site: Order Asaphida . S. M. Gon III . November 14, 2010.
3. Seung-Bae Lee & Duck K. Choi . 2011 . Dikelocephalid trilobites from the Eosaukia fauna (Upper Furongian) of the Taebaek Group, Korea . . 85 . 2 . 279–297 . 10.1666/10-034.1. 2011JPal...85..279L . 130007245 .