Validaspis

Validaspis is an extinct genus of ptychopariid trilobite from the superfamily Ellipsocephaloidea. It lived during the early part of the Botomian stage of the early Cambrian.[1] Fossils of V. judomica are found in the upper portion of the Petrotsvet Formation in the Siberian Platform.[2]

Validaspis
Temporal range: Early Botomian[1]
Restoration of V. judomica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Ellipsocephaloidea
Family:
Palaeolenidae
Genus:
Validaspis

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. Shergold, J. H., A. Yu Rozanov, and A. R. Palmer. "The Cambrian System on the Siberian Platform." Trondheim: IUGS Publication (1991).


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