Wutingaspis

Wutingaspis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Botomian stage,^[1] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

Wutingaspis Temporal range: Early Botomian[1]
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Redlichiida
Suborder:	Redlichiina
Superfamily:	Redlichioidea
Family:	Redlichiidae
Subfamily:	Wutingaspinae
Genus:	Wutingaspis Kobayashi,1944[2]

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
2. Kobayashi, T., 1944b: On the Cambrian formations in Yunnan and Haut-Tonkin and the trilobites contained. Miscellaneous notes on the Cambro-Ordovician geology and palaeontology 16. Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography, vol. 19, nos. 1–4, pp. 107–138, pls. 9–10.