Hoekaspis
Extinct genus of trilobites
Hoekaspis Temporal range: Ordovician; Early Arenig PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Hoekaspis sp. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Asaphida |
Family: | †Asaphidae |
Genus: | †Hoekaspis Kobayashi, 1937 |
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Hoekaspis is an extinct genus of trilobites from the family Asaphidae.[1] It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician,[2] a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 466 to 461 million years ago.[1]
Distribution
Fossils of Hoekaspis have been found in France, Morocco, Bolivia and Argentina.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Hoekaspis at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
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