Megalaspides
Megalaspides Temporal range: Late Arenig
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Asaphida |
Family: | †Asaphidae |
Genus: | †Megalaspides Brögger, 1886 |
Megalaspides is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period,[1] approximately 478 to 471 million years ago.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on September 5, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
Categories:
- Asaphida genera
- Asaphidae
- Ordovician trilobites
- Trilobites of Asia
- Trilobites of Europe
- Trilobites of North America
- Asaphida stubs