Aglaspidida

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Aglaspidida
Temporal range: Guzhangian–Katian[1]
Aglaspis spinifer
Fossil of Beckwithia typa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
(unranked): Artiopoda
(unranked):
Vicissicaudata
Order: Aglaspidida
Walcott, 1911
Subtaxa[1]

Aglaspidida is an extinct order of aquatic

genal angles and a long spiniform tailspine in the Aglaspididae.[1]

Aglaspidid fossils are found in

Strabopida, which includes the genera Strabops, Paleomerus, Parapaleomerus, and possibly Khankaspis
.

List of genera

References

  • Hesselbo, SP. 1992. Aglaspidida (Arthropoda) from the Upper Cambrian of Wisconsin. Journal of Paleontology 66(6)885-923.
  • Raasch, GO. 1939. Cambrian Merostomata. Geological Society of America Special Paper 19, 146p.

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