Megistaspis

Megistaspis Temporal range: Upper Cambrian–Silurian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Megistaspis aliena from Vokovice, Prague (Czech Republic) at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Asaphida
Family:	Asaphidae
Genus:	Megistaspis Jaanusson, 1956

Megistaspis is a genus of trilobites in the order Asaphida, family Asaphidae.

They lived in the Ordovician period (488.3-443.7 million years ago), from the Upper Tremadocian age until the Lower Llanvim age. These arthropods were a low-level epifauna, fast-moving and detritivore.

Distribution

Ordovician of Australia, China, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Iran, Norway, United States (Nevada); Arenig of Argentina, Bolivia, China, France, Norway, Sweden, United States (Montana); Dawan of China; Arenigian of Argentina

Gallery

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  Megistaspis hammondi at the Paleontology Museum of Zurich.
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  Megistaspis acuticauda, gypsum replica.
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  Megistaspis sp.

References

• Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Trilobita
• Paleobiology Database