Askepasma

Askepasma is an extinct genus of brachiopods which existed in what is now Australia and southern China during the Lower Cambrian. It was described by Laurie in 1986, and the type species is A. toddense. Other species are A. transversalis, described from Guizhou, China by Peng et al. in 2010, and A. saproconcha, which was described by Timothy P. Topper et al. in 2012. A. saproconcha is the oldest known southern Australian brachiopod from the lower Cambrian.