Urjungaspis

Urjungaspis
Temporal range: Cambrian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Ptychopariida
Family: Proasaphiscidae
Genus: Urjungaspis
Egorova & Savitsky, 1968

Urjungaspis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Cambrian Period,[1] which lasted from approximately 542 to 488 million years ago.

References

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  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.