Biology:Redlichiidae

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Short description: Extinct family of trilobites

Redlichiidae
Temporal range: Cambrian stage 3–Middle Cambrian
RedlichiidaTakooensis.png
Redlichia takooensis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Redlichiida
Superfamily: Redlichioidea
Family: Redlichiidae
Poulsen, 1927
Subfamilies
  • Redlichiinae
  • Metaredlichiinae
  • Neoredlichiinae
  • Pararedlichiinae
  • Wutingaspinae

Redlichiidae is a family of redlichiid trilobites which lived from the Botomian to the Middle Cambrian period.[1] It contains the following genera, divided between five subfamilies:

Taxonomy

Redlichiinae


Metaredlichiinae


Neoredlichiinae

  • Neoredlichia (type genus)
  • Leptoredlichia
  • Olgaspis
  • Xenoredlichia


Pararedlichiinae


Wutingaspinae


References

  1. Laurie, John R. (2016). "Whitehouse's Redlichia (Trilobita) specimens from the Georgina Basin, western Queensland" (in English). Cambro-Ordovician Studies VI. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists: 75–81. ISBN 9780949466471. https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/whitehouses-riedlichia-itrilobita-specimens-from-the-georgina-bas. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1246622 entry