Megalaspides Temporal range: Late
Arenig
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | † Trilobita |
Order: | † Asaphida |
Family: | † Asaphidae |
Genus: | †
Megalaspides Brögger, 1886 |
Megalaspides is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, [1] approximately 478 to 471 million years ago. [1]