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Hoekaspis
Temporal range: Ordovician; Early Arenig
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Hoekaspis sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Family: Asaphidae
Genus: Hoekaspis
Kobayashi, 1937
Species
  • H. megacantha
  • H. schlagintweiti

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

  1. ^ a b c Hoekaspis at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ 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.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hoekaspis
Temporal range: Ordovician; Early Arenig
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
N
Hoekaspis sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Family: Asaphidae
Genus: Hoekaspis
Kobayashi, 1937
Species
  • H. megacantha
  • H. schlagintweiti

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

  1. ^ a b c Hoekaspis at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ 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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