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
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Megistaspis hammondi at the Paleontology Museum of Zurich. -
Megistaspis acuticauda, gypsum replica. -
Megistaspis sp.
References
Paleontology portal
- ^ a b Megistaspis at Fossilworks.org
External links
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Trilobita
