Changaspis

Changaspis Temporal range: first half of the Middle Cambrian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Changaspis elongata, lower Cambrian, Guizhou province, China
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Corynexochida
Family:	Oryctocephalidae
Subfamily:	Oryctocephalinae
Genus:	Changaspis Lee in Chien, 1961
Species
C. elongata Lee in Chien, 1961 (type) synonyms C. micropyge, C. placenta^[1] C. longispina (Lee in Yegorova et al., 1963) synonym Pseudolancastria longispina C. nangaoensis Lu and Chien in Yin and Li, 1978 C. transversa Zhou in Zhou et al. 1977

Changaspis is an extinct genus of trilobite that lived during the lower Cambrian in what is now China.

References

↑ McNamara, K.J.; Yu, F.; Zhiyi, Zhou (2006). "Ontogeny and Heterochrony in Oryctocephalid trilobites". Palaeontology 49 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00525.x.

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External links

Trilobite info (Sam Gon III)

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