Ptychopariina

Ptychopariina
Temporal range: Lower Cambrian–Middle Ordovician
Conocoryphe sulzeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Ptychopariida
Suborder: †Ptychopariina
Swinnerton, 1915
Superfamilies

Ptychopariina is an extinct suborder of trilobites of the order Ptychopariida.[1] Also known as the primitive Ptychopariida, they are a notably wide and varied taxon.[2] Some of the representative genera include Elrathia, Densonella, Norwoodia, Tricrepicephalus, Conocoryphe, and Modocia.[2]

  1. ^ Swinnerton HH, 1915. Suggestions for a Revised Classification of trilobites. Geological Magazine.
  2. ^ a b III, Samuel M. Gon. "Pictorial Guide to the Trilobite Order Ptychopariida". trilobites.info. Retrieved 26 October 2020.