Zuninaspis

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Zuninaspis
Temporal range: Arenig
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class:† Trilobita
Order:† Asaphida
Family:† Asaphidae
Genus:† Zuninaspis
Harrington and Leanza 1957
Species
  • Z. acuminata

Zuninaspis is an extinct genus of trilobite arthropod. It lived during the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, [1] approximately 478 to 471 million years ago in what is now Argentina. [2]

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Asaphidae Extinct family of trilobites


Asaphidae is a family of asaphid trilobites. Although the first genera originate in Upper Cambrian marine strata, the family becomes the most widely distributed and most species-rich trilobite family during the Ordovician. 754 species assigned to 146 genera are included in Asaphidae.

References

  1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on September 5, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. ↑ Zuninaspis at Fossilworks.org


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