Nipponaspis
Genus of trilobites
Nipponaspis Temporal range: Middle Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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N. takaizumii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Trilobita |
Order: | Proetida |
Family: | Phillipsiidae |
Genus: | Nipponaspis Koizumi, 1972 |
Type species | |
Nipponaspis takaizumii Koizumi, 1972[1] |
Nipponaspis is a genus of proetid trilobite belonging to the family Phillipsiidae. Fossils of the various species are found in Middle Permian-aged marine strata of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, China, Korea, and Alaska.
References
- ^ H. Koizumi. 1972. New genera of trilobite family Phillipsidae from the Takakura-yama Group (Permian), Abukuma Massif in Japan. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 26:19-25 [1]
- Proetida fact sheet [2]
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