Megistaspis
Extinct genus of trilobites
Megistaspis Temporal range: Late Cambrian-Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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M. aliena from Vokovice, Prague (Czech Republic) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Asaphida |
Family: | †Asaphidae |
Genus: | †Megistaspis Jaanusson, 1956 |
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Megistaspis is a genus of trilobites in the order Asaphida and family Asaphidae.
They lived in the Ordovician period (478-449 million years ago),[1] from the Upper Tremadocian age until the Lower Llanvim age. These arthropods were a low-level epifauna, fast-moving and detritivore.
Distribution
Ordovician of Australia, China, Colombia (Serranía de la Macarena, Meta), the Czech Republic, Iran, Norway, United States (Nevada); Arenig of Argentina, Bolivia, China, France, Norway, Sweden, United States (Montana); Dawan of China; Arenigian of Argentina.[1]
Gallery
- Megistaspis hammondi at the Paleontology Museum of Zurich.
- Megistaspis acuticauda, gypsum replica.
- Megistaspis sp.
References
- ^ a b Megistaspis at Fossilworks.org
External links
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Trilobita