Megistaspis

Megistaspis; Temporal range: Late Cambrian-Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	M. aliena from Vokovice, Prague (Czech Republic)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Asaphida
Family:	†Asaphidae
Genus:	†Megistaspis; Jaanusson, 1956
Species
	M. pugiocauda; M. saltaensis;

Megistaspis is a genus of trilobites in the order Asaphida and family Asaphidae.

They lived in the Ordovician period (478-449 million years ago),^[1] from the Upper Tremadocian age until the Lower Llanvim age. These arthropods were a low-level epifauna, fast-moving and detritivore.

Distribution[edit]

Ordovician of Australia, China, Colombia (Serranía de la Macarena, Meta), the Czech Republic, Iran, Norway, United States (Nevada); Arenig of Argentina, Bolivia, China, France, Norway, Sweden, United States (Montana); Dawan of China; Arenigian of Argentina.^[1]

Gallery[edit]

Megistaspis hammondi at the Paleontology Museum of Zurich.
Megistaspis acuticauda, gypsum replica.
Megistaspis sp.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Megistaspis at Fossilworks.org

External links[edit]

Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Trilobita

[FWMegistaspis-1] Megistaspis at Fossilworks.org

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