Kingdom Animalia Family Asaphidae Rank Genus | Class Trilobita Phylum Arthropoda Order Asaphida | |
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Similar Cyrtometopus, Illaenus tauricornis, Pliomera, Cybele bellatula, Asaphus | ||
Megistaspis is a genus of trilobites in the order Asaphida and family Asaphidae.
They lived in the Ordovician period (488.3-443.7 million years ago), from the Upper Tremadocian age until the Lower Llanvim age. These arthropods were a low-level epifauna, fast-moving and detritivore.
Distribution
Ordovician of Australia, China, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Iran, Norway, United States (Nevada); Arenig of Argentina, Bolivia, China, France, Norway, Sweden, United States (Montana); Dawan of China; Arenigian of Argentina
References
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