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Arthroaspis

Arthroaspis
Temporal range: Cambrian Series 2
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
(unranked): Artiopoda
Genus: Arthroaspis
Stein, M., Budd, G.E., Peel, J.S. et al 2013
Species:
A. bergstroemi
Binomial name
Arthroaspis bergstroemi
Stein, M., Budd, G.E., Peel, J.S. et al 2013

Arthroaspis is an extinct genus of arthropod known from the Cambrian aged Sirius Passet Lagerstatte in Greenland. It is relatively large in size for Cambrian arthropods, attaining a length of up to 215 mm. It is a common component of the Passet fauna, being located at multiple localities within the formation. It possessed 14 tergites. In the describing paper, it was recovered as a member of a non-monophyletic Artiopoda.[1] It has subsequently been considered a potential close relative of nektaspids.[2]

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