Iranaspis

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Iranaspis
Temporal range: 485.4–443.8  Ma
Iranaspis fossil from the Shirgasht Formation of the Ordocene of Tabas, Iran.jpg
Iranaspis fossil from the Shirgasht Formation of Tabas, Iran
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Corynexochida
Family: Leiostegiidae
Genus: Iranaspis
King, 1937

Iranaspis is an extinct genus of trilobites in the family Leiostegiidae. It has been reported from the Ordovician period from Iran. [1]

References

  1. Ghobadi Pour, Mansoureh; Vidal, Muriel; Hosseini-Nezhad, Mahmud (2007-07-01). "An Early Ordovician Trilobite assemblage from the Lashkarak Formation, Damghan area, northern Iran" . Geobios. 40 (4): 489–500. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.04.007. ISSN   0016-6995.