Leonaspis
| Leonaspis Temporal range: Late Ordovician to Middle Devonian
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| Leonaspis deflexa (Lake), on display at the Natural History Museum, London | |
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| Genus: | Leonaspis
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Leonaspis is a widespread genus of odontopleurid trilobite that lived from the Late Ordovician to the late Middle Devonian.[1] Fossils of various species have been found on all continents except Antarctica.
Sources[]
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 61)
- Leonaspis in the Paleobiology Database
References[]
- ^ Feist, Raimund; McNAMARA, Kenneth J. (September 2007). "Biodiversity, distribution and patterns of extinction of the last odontopleuroid trilobites during the Devonian (Givetian, Frasnian)". Geological Magazine. 144 (5): 777–796. doi:10.1017/s0016756807003779. ISSN 1469-5081.
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Categories:
- Odontopleuridae
- Odontopleurida genera
- Ordovician trilobites
- Silurian trilobites
- Devonian trilobites
- Trilobites of Africa
- Trilobites of Asia
- Trilobites of Oceania
- Trilobites of Europe
- Trilobites of North America
- Trilobites of South America
- Late Ordovician first appearances
- Middle Devonian genus extinctions
- Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
- Paleozoic life of Nunavut
- Paleozoic life of Quebec
- Paleozoic life of Yukon
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