Deltacephalaspis
Encyclopedia
Deltacephalaspis is an extinct genus of trilobite
in the order Phacopida
. It contains four species, D. comis, D. magister, D. retrospina, and D. tumida.
Trilobite
Trilobites are a well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the Atdabanian stage of the Early Cambrian period , and they flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before...
in the order Phacopida
Phacopida
Phacopida is an order of trilobite that lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian. It is made up of a morphologically diverse group of related suborders....
. It contains four species, D. comis, D. magister, D. retrospina, and D. tumida.
External links
- Deltacephalaspis at the Paleobiology DatabasePaleobiology Database' is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms.-History:The Paleobiology Database was founded in 2000. It has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Australian Research Council...