Homalonotidae Explained

Homalonotidae is a family of trilobites that lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian. They are characterised by a shovel-like cephalon (head), and are closely related to the family Calymenidae.^[1]

It contains the following genera:^[2]

• Arduennella
• Brongniartella
• Burmeisterella
• Burmeisteria
• Digonus
• Dipleura
• Eohomalonotus
• Homalonotus
• Huemacaspis
• Iberocoryphe
• Kerfornella
• Leiostegina
• Parahomalonotus
• Plaesiacomia
• Platycoryphe
• Scabrella
• Trimerus

Notes and References

1. Curtis R. Congreve & Bruce S. Lieberman . 2008 . Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of Ordovician homalonotid trilobites . . 1 . 1 . 24–32 . 10.2174/1874425700801010024 . free. 2008OPalJ...1...24C .
2. Web site: Order Phacopida . S. M. Gon III . November 14, 2010.