Ptychopariina

Ptychopariina
Temporal range:
Conocoryphe sulzeri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Ptychopariida
Suborder: Ptychopariina
Swinnerton, 1915
Superfamilies

Ptychopariina is an extinct suborder of trilobites of the order Ptychopariida. Also known as the primitive Ptychopariida, they are a notably wide and varied taxon. Some of the representative genera include Elrathia, Densonella, Norwoodia, Tricrepicephalus, Conocoryphe, and Modocia.