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Bornholmaspis

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Bornholmaspis
Temporal range: 471.8–468.1 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Cheiruridae
Genus: Bornholmaspis
Přibyl [species] & Vaněk [species], 1983

Bornholmaspis is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now Bornholm, Denmark. It was described by Přibyl and Vaněk in 1983, and the type species is Bornholmaspis inflatus, which was originally described as Pseudosphaerexochus inflatus, and later as Pateraspis inflatus by Poulsen in 1965.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Bornholmaspis".
  2. ^ Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
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