''Dorypygidae'' is a family of

trilobite Trilobites (; meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the At ...

belonging to the order

Corynexochida Corynexochida is an order of trilobite that lived from the Lower Cambrian to the Late Devonian. Like many of the other trilobite orders, Corynexochida contains many species with widespread characteristics. The middle region of the cephalon (the ...

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Genera

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Atdabanella ''Atdabanella'' is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was p ...

'' Repina 1965 * '' Basocephalus'' Ivshin 1952 * '' Bonnaria'' Lochman 1956 * '' Bonnia'' Walcott 1916 * '' Bonniella'' Resser 1937 * '' Bonnima'' Fritz 1991 * '' Bonniopsis'' Poulsen 1946 * '' Dorypygina'' Lermontova 1940 * '' Fordaspis'' Lochman 1956 * '' Kooteniella'' Lermontova 1940 * '' Mengzia'' Lo 1974 * ''

Ogygopsis ''Ogygopsis'' is a genus of trilobite from the Cambrian of Antarctica and North America, specifically the Burgess Shale. It is the most common fossil in the Mt. Stephen fossil beds there, but rare in other Cambrian faunas. Its major characteristi ...

'' Walcott 1889 * ''

Olenoides ''Olenoides'' was a trilobite from the Cambrian period. Its fossils are found well-preserved in the Burgess Shale in Canada. It grew up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long. Etymology ''Olenoides'' – from ''Olenus'', in Greek mythology a man who, alon ...

'' Meek 1877 * '' Protypus'' Walcott 1986 * ''

Shipaiella ''Shipaiella'' is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian ...

'' Zhang et al. 1980 * '' Strettonia'' Cobbold 1931

References

Corynexochina Trilobite families Cambrian trilobites {{Corynexochida-stub