Aglaspis

Aglaspis
Temporal range: Furongian
Aglaspis spinifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
(unranked): †Artiopoda
(unranked): †Vicissicaudata
Order: †Aglaspidida
Family: †Aglaspididae
Genus: †Aglaspis
Hall, 1862[1]
Species:
†A. barrandei
Binomial name
†Aglaspis barrandei
Hall, 1862

Aglaspis is the type genus of the family Aglaspididae within the arthropod order Aglaspidida. It lived on the seafloor in what is now Wisconsin during late Cambrian times.

References

  1. ^ Hall, J. (1862) On a new crustacean from the Potsdam sandstone. Canadian Naturalist. 7:443-445


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