Raymondinidae

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

Raymondinidae
Temporal range: Middle and Upper Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Raymondinacea

Clark, 1924
Family:
Raymondinidae

Clark, 1924
subfamilies
  • Raymondininae
  • Cedariniinae
  • Llanoaspidinae

Taxonomy

The Raymondinidae consists of three subfamilies, but is assumed to be polyphyletic.[1]

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

References
  1. Moore, R.C. (1959). Arthropoda I - Arthropoda General Features, Proarthropoda, Euarthropoda General Features, Trilobitomorpha. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part O. Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press. pp. O298โ€“O301. ISBN 0-8137-3015-5.


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