Calodiscidae

Calodiscidae
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita (?)
Order: Agnostida
Suborder: Eodiscina
Superfamily: Eodiscoidea
Family: Calodiscidae
Kobayashi, 1943
Genera
Synonyms
  • Brevidiscinae
  • Neocobboldinae

The Calodiscidae Kobayashi, 1943 [nom. transl. Öpik, 1975 ex Calodiscinae Kobayashi, 1943] are a family of trilobites belonging to the order Agnostida that lived during the Lower Cambrian (Botomian and Toyonian). They are small or very small, and have a thorax of two or three segments. The Calodiscidae includes five genera (see box).