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.
Mendolaspis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Asaphida |
Family: | †Raphiophoridae |
Genus: | †Mendolaspis Rusconi, 1951 |
Type species | |
Mendolaspis salagastensis | |
Species | |
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References
edit- ^ 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.