Aglaspis

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Aglaspis
Temporal range: Furongian
Aglaspis barrandei.png
Reconstruction of Aglaspis barrandei
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Reconstruction of Aglaspis spinifer
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Order: Aglaspidida
Family: Aglaspididae
Genus: Aglaspis
Hall, 1862 [1]
Type species
Aglaspis barrandei
Hall, 1862
Species
  • Aglaspis barrandeiHall, 1862
  • Aglaspis spiniferRaasch, 1939

Aglaspis is the type genus of the family Aglaspididae within the arthropod order Aglaspidida. It lived on the seafloor in what is now Wisconsin during late Cambrian times.

References

  1. Hall, J. (1862) On a new crustacean from the Potsdam sandstone. Canadian Naturalist. 7:443-445