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Enantiaspis

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Enantiaspis
Temporal range: Late Atdabanian
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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

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  1. ^ 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.