Eodiscidae

Eodiscidae
Temporal range: Lower and Middle Cambrian
Pagetia taijiangensis, 6mm, from Kaili, Guizhou, China, Middle Cambrian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita (?)
Order: Agnostida
Superfamily: Eodiscoidea
Family: Eodiscidae
Raymond, 1913
Genera
Synonyms
  • Aulacodiscidae
  • Dawsoniidae
  • Opsidiscidae
  • Pagetidae
  • Pagetiellinae

Eodiscidae is a family of agnostid trilobites that lived during the final Lower Cambrian (late Toyonian) and the Middle Cambrian. They are small or very small, and have a thorax of two or three segments. Eodiscidae includes nine genera (see box).

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