Raphiophoridae

Raphiophoridae
Temporal range:
Curled Ampyx nasutus showing the cephalon, genal spines & glabellar spine
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Superfamily: Trinucleioidea
Family: Raphiophoridae
Angelin, 1854
Subfamilies
  • Raphiophorinae Angelin, 1854
  • Endymioniinae Raymond, 1920

see text for genera

Synonyms
  • Subfamilies
    • Ampyxininae
    • Ampyxinellinae
    • Taklamakaniinae
    • Typhlokorynetidae

Raphiophoridae is a family of small to average-sized trilobites that first occurred at the start of the Ordovician and became extinct at the end of the Middle Silurian.