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Raymondinidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Trilobita

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Ptychopariida

Superfamily
  
Raymondinacea Clark, 1924

Similar
  
Telephinidae, Aulacopleuroidea, Ptychopariida, Proetida

Raymondinidae are the only family in the trilobite superfamily Raymondinacea, which lived during the Middle and Upper Cambrian.

Taxonomy

The Raymondinidae consists of three subfamilies, but is assumed to be polyphyletic.

  • Raymondininae (= Pilgrimiidae)
  • Raymondina, Amquia, Exigua (= Brassicicephalus), Llanoaspidella, Paracedaria
  • Cedariniinae
  • Cedaria, Cedarina
  • Llanoaspidinae
  • Llanoaspis, Arcuolimbus, Genevievella, Metisaspis

    References

    Raymondinidae Wikipedia