Hoekaspis

Hoekaspis
Temporal range: Ordovician; Early Arenig
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Hoekaspis sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Asaphida
Family: †Asaphidae
Genus: †Hoekaspis
Kobayashi, 1937
Species
  • H. megacantha
  • H. schlagintweiti

Hoekaspis is an extinct genus of trilobites from the family Asaphidae.[1] It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician,[2] a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 466 to 461 million years ago.[1]

Distribution

Fossils of Hoekaspis have been found in France, Morocco, Bolivia and Argentina.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hoekaspis at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.


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