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Superfamily 

a taxonomic category used in the more thoroughly studied classes of animals to combine phylogenetically similar families within an order. In Latin, superfamilies are indicated by attaching the suffix “-oidea” to the name of the oldest family of the group. Thus, the superfamily Feloidea comprises the families Viverridae, Hyaenidae, and Felidae.
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The monograph includes descriptions (with illustrations and photographs) of the numerous families and superfamilies of brachiopods, extensive references, and an appendix with locality data.
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Proetida are relatively minor components of most Ordovician trilobite faunas, but representatives of all three superfamilies occur across all confacies belts (here modified after Jaanusson 1982a, 1995).
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Bowman & Abele (1982) agreed by placing Bythograeids between the superfamilies Portunoidea and Xanthoidea.
Biology of the vent crab Bythograea thermydron: a brief review by Dittel, Ana I.; Perovich, Gina; Epifanio, Charles E. / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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