| Norasaphus monroeae Temporal range: Arenig | |
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | † Artiopoda |
| Class: | † Trilobita |
| Order: | † Asaphida |
| Family: | † Asaphidae |
| Genus: | † Norasaphus |
| Species: | †N. monroeae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Norasaphus monroeae | |
Norasaphus monroeae is a species of asaphid trilobite named after Marilyn Monroe for its hourglass-like shaped glabellum. [2] [3] [4] Its fossils are found in Arenig-aged marine strata from the Nora Formation, in the Georgina Basin, situated between the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia.
