Hoekaspis

Hoekaspis Temporal range: Ordovician PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Arenig^[1]

Hoekaspis sp.
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Asaphida
Family:	Asaphidae^[2]
Genus:	Hoekaspis

Hoekaspis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period,^[1] a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago.

References

1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
↑ Fossilworks

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