Corynexochina

Corynexochina is a poorly understood subdivision of the trilobite order Corynexochida.[2]

Corynexochina
Kootenia sp., a trilobite of the Corynexochida order
Big Gully, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Corynexochida
Suborder:
Corynexochina
Families[1]
  • Chengkouiidae Zhu 1980
  • Corynexochidae Angelin 1854
  • Dinesidae Lermontova 1940
  • Dolichometopidae Walcott 1916
  • Dorypygidae Kobayashi 1935
  • Edelsteinaspididae Hupé 1953
  • Jakutidae Suvorova 1950
  • Oryctocephalidae Beecher 1897
  • Zacanthoididae Swinnerton 1915

References
  1. "Suborder Corynexochina Kobayashi 1935 (trilobite)". Paleobiology Database.
  2. Whittington, H.B. (2009), "The Corynexochina (Trilobita): A Poorly Understood Suborder", Journal of Paleontology, 83 (1): 1–8, doi:10.1666/08-047.1


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