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Elasmaspis

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Elasmaspis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Pterygometopidae
Genus: Elasmaspis
Kramarenko, 1957

Elasmaspis is a trilobite in the order Phacopida, that existed during the upper Ordovician in what is now Russia. It was described by Kramarenko in 1957, and the type species is Elasmaspis speciosa. The type locality was the Dzheron Formation in Siberia.[1]

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  1. ^ Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
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