| Hoekaspis Temporal range: | |
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| Hoekaspis sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Asaphida |
| Family: | †Asaphidae |
| Genus: | †Hoekaspis Kobayashi, 1937 |
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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 2 3 Hoekaspis at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ 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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