Enantiaspis

Enantiaspis
Temporal range: Late Atdabanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Redlichiida
Family: Metaparadoxididae
Genus: Enantiaspis
Rasetti, 1972
species
  • E. enantiopa (Bornemann, 1891) type species = Ptychoparia enantiopa

Enantiaspis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the late Atdabanian stage, which lasted from 530 to 524 million years ago during the early part of the Cambrian Period.[1]

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
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