Nipponaspis

Nipponaspis
Temporal range: Middle Permian
N. takaizumii
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Nipponaspis

Koizumi, 1972
Type species
Nipponaspis takaizumii
Koizumi, 1972[1]

Nipponaspis is a genus of proetid trilobite belonging to the family Phillipsiidae. Fossils of the various species are found in Middle Permian-aged marine strata of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, China, Korea, and Alaska.

  1. ^ H. Koizumi. 1972. New genera of trilobite family Phillipsidae from the Takakura-yama Group (Permian), Abukuma Massif in Japan. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 26:19-25 [1]