Biology:Hoekaspis

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Short description: Extinct genus of trilobites

Hoekaspis
Temporal range: Ordovician; Early Arenig
Hoekaspis fossil.jpg
Hoekaspis sp.
Scientific classification e
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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hoekaspis at Fossilworks.org
  2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-12. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5876436 entry