Lunataspis

Lunataspis
Temporal range: 455-445 Ma
Latest Sandbian to Earliest Hirnantian
Reconstruction of Lunataspis aurora (bottom left) and Lunataspis borealis (top right)
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Species
  • L. aurora
    Rudkin, Young & Nowlan, 2008
  • L. borealis
    Lamsdell et. al., 2022

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).