Megalaspides is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, approximately 478 to 471 million years ago.
Extinct genus of trilobites
Megalaspides
Key facts
instance offossil taxon
taxon nameMegalaspides
taxon rankgenus
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