Leonaspis
| Leonaspis Temporal range: Late Ordovician to Middle Devonian | |
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| Leonaspis deflexa (Lake), on display at the Natural History Museum, London | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Odontopleurida |
| Family: | Odontopleuridae |
| Genus: | Leonaspis |
Leonaspis is a widespread genus of odontopleurid trilobite that lived from the Late Ordovician to the early Devonian. Fossils of various species have been found on all continents except Antarctica.
Sources
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 61)
- Leonaspis in the Paleobiology Database
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