Thaiaspis

Thaiaspis Temporal range: Middle to Late Mississippian
Thaiaspis sethaputi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	† Artiopoda
Class:	† Trilobita
Order:	† Proetida
Family:	† Phillipsiidae
Subfamily:	† Thaiaspidinae
Genus:	† Thaiaspis Kobayashi, 1961
Species
Thaiaspis aligerKobayashi & Hamada, 1978 Thaiaspis euryrachisKobayashi & Hamada, 1979 Thaiaspis sethaputiKoizumi, 1972 [1]

Thaiaspis is a genus of proetid trilobite belonging to the family Phillipsiidae. Fossils of the various species are found in Middle to Late Mississippian-aged marine strata of eastern Asia, especially of Carboniferous-aged marine strata in Thailand.

References

1. H. Koizumi. 1972. New genera of trilobite family Phillipsidae from the Takakura-yama Group (Permian), Abukuma Massif in Japan. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 26:19-25

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