Daguinaspis

Daguinaspis is an early Cambrian trilobite genus found in Morocco. Like the closely related Choubertella and Wolynaspis, but unlike any other Fallotaspidoidea, it lacks genal spines.

Daguinaspis Temporal range: Lower Cambrian (Lower Atdabanian) PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Daguinaspis sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Redlichiida
Suborder:	Olenellina
Superfamily:	Fallotaspidoidea
Family:	Daguinaspididae
Genus:	Daguinaspis Hupé and Abadie, 1950[1]
Species
D. ambroggii Hupé, 1953 (Type) D. subabadiei Geyer, Landing & Heldmaier, 1995

Distribution

Cambrian of the Anti-Atlas, Morocco, 30.4° N, 8.8° W (Daguinaspis trilobite zone, Tazemmourt Section^[2] and Tiout Section.^[3] Amouslek Formation, Middle Atdabanian (520.0 - 516.0 Ma) )

Ecology

Daguinaspis occurs together with the trilobites Marsaisia robauxi and Resserops bourgini, and the brachiopod Brevipelta chouberti (Tazemmourt), and also with the problematic Microschedia amphitrite (Tiout).

References

1. Lieberman, B.S. (2002). "Phylogenetic analysis of some basal early Cambrian Trilobites, the biogeographic origins of the Eutrilobites, and the timing of the Cambrian radiation" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 76 (4): 692–708. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0692:paosbe>2.0.co;2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
2. G. Geyer, E. Landing, and W. Heldmaier. 1995. Faunas and depositional environments of the Cambrian of the Moroccan Atlas regions. Beringeria, Special Issue 2:47-119, cited in the Paleobiological Database,
3. G. Geyer. 1994. A new obolellid brachiopod from the Lower Cambrian of Morocco. Journal of Paleontology 68(5):995-1002

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