Hoekaspis

Hoekaspis
Temporal range: Ordovician

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. ↑ Fossilworks