Hoekaspis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of trilobites}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|fossil_range = {{fossilrange|466|461|Ordovician; Early Arenig}}

|image = Hoekaspis fossil.jpg

|image_caption = Hoekaspis sp.

|taxon = Hoekaspis

|authority =Kobayashi, 1937

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision =

  • H. megacantha
  • H. schlagintweiti

}}

Hoekaspis is an extinct genus of trilobites from the family Asaphidae.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19834 Hoekaspis] at Fossilworks.org It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician,{{cite journal|last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry) |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |year=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class |access-date=2008-01-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905162524/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class |archive-date=2006-09-05 }} a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 466 to 461 million years ago.

Distribution

Fossils of Hoekaspis have been found in France, Morocco, Bolivia and Argentina.

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