Megapharanaspis

Megapharanaspis
Temporal range: 517 Ma
late Botomian
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Megapharanaspididae
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Megapharanaspis[1]

Paterson & Jago, 2006
Binomial name
Megapharanaspis nedini
Paterson & Jago, 2006

Megapharanaspis nedini is a small (maximally 1.3 centimetres (0.51 in))[1] trilobite of the superfamily Emuelloidea, within which it occupies a family on its own. Its fossils have been found in the Lower Cambrian of South-Australia.

  1. ^ a b Paterson, R.J.; Jago, J.B. (2006). "New trilobites from the Lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte at Big Gully, Kangaroo Island, South Australia". Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. 32: 43–57. hdl:1959.14/10651. ISSN 0810-8889.