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Iranaspis

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Iranaspis
Temporal range: 485.4–443.8 Ma
Iranaspis fossil from the Shirgasht Formation of Tabas, Iran
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Corynexochida
Family: Leiostegiidae
Genus: Iranaspis
King, 1937

Iranaspis is an extinct genus of trilobites in the family Leiostegiidae. It has been reported from the Ordovician period from Iran.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Ghobadi Pour, Mansoureh; Vidal, Muriel; Hosseini-Nezhad, Mahmud (2007-07-01). "An Early Ordovician Trilobite assemblage from the Lashkarak Formation, Damghan area, northern Iran". Geobios. 40 (4): 489–500. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.04.007. ISSN 0016-6995.