| Fossil range | [1] |
|---|---|
| Taxon | Nileidae |
| Authority | Angelin, 1854 |
| Subdivision ranks | Genera |
| Subdivision | See text |
Nileidae is a family of trilobites of the Asaphida order.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Ordovician and Cambrian periods.[1]
Genera
- Aocaspis Dolambi and Gond 1992
- Barrandia McCoy 1849
- Borthaspidella Rasetti 1954
- Bumastides Veber 1948
- Homalopteon Salter 1867
- Illaenopsis Salter 1865
- Kodymaspis Prantl and Pribyl 1950
- Neopsilocephalina Yin 1978
- Nileus Dalman 1827
- Parabarrandia Prantl and Pribyl 1949
- Peraspis Whittington 1965
- Petrbokia Pribyl and Vanek 1965
- Platypeltoides Pribyl 1949
- Poronileus Fortey 1975
- Psilocephalinella Kobayashi 1951
- Symphysurina Ulrich 1924
- Symphysurus Goldfuss 1843
- Varvia Thernvik 1965