Jump to content

Mendolaspis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mendolaspis
Temporal range: Arenig
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Family: Raphiophoridae
Genus: Mendolaspis
Rusconi, 1951
Type species
Mendolaspis salagastensis
Species
  • M. doidyx
  • M. salagastensis

Mendolaspis is an extinct genus of trilobites. It lived during the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period,[1] approximately 478 to 471 million years ago.

References

[edit]
  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.