Lunataspis Temporal range: Latest Sandbian to Earliest Hirnantian
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Reconstruction of Lunataspis aurora (bottom left) and Lunataspis borealis (top right) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Order: | Xiphosura |
Suborder: | Xiphosurida |
Genus: | †Lunataspis Rudkin, Young & Nowlan, 2008 |
Type species | |
†Lunataspis aurora Rudkin, Young & Nowlan, 2008
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Species | |
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Lunataspis is the oldest known xiphosuran, with two known species both dating from the late Ordovician (latest Sandbien for L. borealis to earliest Hirnantian for L. aurora).