Belongs within: Trilobita.
The Redlichiina are a group of relatively plesiomorphic trilobites known from the Lower and Middle Cambrian (Harrington et al. 1959). Some members of this group grew very large; the Middle Cambrian North American species Paradoxides davidis was almost two feet long (Prothero 1998).
Characters (from Harrington et al. 1959): Dorsal exoskeleton elongate, subelliptical in outline. Cephalon semicircular to semielliptical, mostly with prominent genal spines; glabella with subparallel sides, narrowing fonvard, or expanding fonvard, generally well segmented; facial sutures opisthoparian; eyes mostly large, tending to be crescentic. Thorax with numerous segments. Pygidium small.
<==Redlichiina [Redlichiacea] | i. s.: Eoredlichia intermedia (Lu 1940)FO99, CB04 |--Emuellidae [Emuelloidea]RC93 | |--BalcoracaniaJB12 | `--EmuellaRC93 | |--E. dalgarnoi Pocock 1970RC93 | `--E. polymera Pocock 1970RC93 |--ParadoxidoideaRC93 | |--Hicksia [Hicksiidae]RC93 | |--LermontoviidaeRC93 | |--Xystridura Whitehouse 1936K02 [XystriduridaeRC93] | | `--X. browni (Etheridge 1896) [=Olenellus browni]F71 | |--CentropleuridaeRC93 | | |--CentropleuraP79 | | `--ClarellaRC93 | `--ParadoxididaeRC93 | |--AnabaracepsRC93 | |--AnabaraspisRC93 | |--Acadoparadoxides mureroensis (Sdzuy 1958)CA06 [=Paradoxides mureroensisP79] | `--ParadoxidesP98 | |--P. abenacusA38 | |--P. auroraRC93 | |--P. bennetti (Salter 1859) [=Eccaparadoxides bennetti]F05 | |--P. bohemicusH04 | |--P. davidisP98 | |--P. eteminicus [=Eccaparadoxides eteminicus]F05 | |--P. forchhammeri Angelin 1854RC93 | |--P. gracilisFO99 | |--P. groomiA38 | |--P. harlani (Green 1834) [=Hydrocephalus harlani]F05 | |--P. hicksiA38 | |--P. intermediusF05 | |--P. lamellatusA38 | |--P. matthewiA38 | |--P. mediterraneusSG93 | |--P. oelandicusRC93 | |--P. paradoxissimusP79 | |--P. pinus [=Plutonides pinus]F05 | `--P. spinosusT10 `--RedlichoideaRC93 |--NeoredlichiidaeRC93 |--Mayiella [Mayiellidae]RC93 | `--M. tuberculata Chang 1966RC93 |--Gigantopygous [Gigantopygidae]RC93 | `--G. papillatus Hupé 1953RC93 |--Saukianda [Saukiandidae]RC93 | `--S. andalusiae Richter & Richter 1940RC93 |--Kueichowia [Kueichowiidae]RC93 | `--K. liui Lu 1965RC93 |--Menneraspis [Menneraspididae]RC93 | `--M. striatus Pokrovskaya 1959RC93 |--Redlichina [Redlichinidae]RC93 | `--R. vologdiniRC93 |--Yunnanocephalus [Yunnanocephalidae]RC93 | `--Y. yunnanensisC12 |--YinitidaeRC93 | |--Yinites typicalis Lu 1975RC93 | |--Drepanuroides latilimbatus Chang 1966RC93 | `--DrepanopygeF90 |--Metadoxididae [Anadoxididae]RC93 | |--Metadoxides torosusRC93 | `--Onaraspis somniurna Öpik 1967RC93 |--ChengkouaspidaeRC93 | |--Pseudoresserops oculatus Repina 1965RC93 | `--Chengkouaspis longioculus Chang & Lin 1980RC93 |--DolerolenidaeRC93 | |--Paramalungia lubricaRC93 | `--DolerolenusRC93 | |--D. (Malungia) laevigata Lu 1975RC93 | `--D. zoppiiRC93 |--AbadiellidaeRC93 | |--Parabadiella huoiRC93 | |--Guangyuanaspis madaoyaensishRC93 | `--Abadiella Hupé 1953L95 | `--A. huoiSB09 `--RedlichiidaeRC93 |--Wutingaspis tingi Kobayashi 1935RC93 `--RedlichiaZS01 | i. s.: R. idoneaO68 | R. longtangensisF90 | R. nobilis Walcott 1913RC93 | R. takooensisZS01 | R. venulosaO68 | R. yichangensisF90 `--R. (Pteroredlichia)F90 |--R. (P.) chinensisF90 `--R. (P.) murakamiiF90
*Type species of generic name indicated
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