Nipponaspis

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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Middle Permian}}

| image = Nipponaspis takaizumii.JPG

| image_caption = N. takaizumii

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Trilobita

| ordo = Proetida

| familia = Phillipsiidae

| genus =Nipponaspis

| genus_authority = Koizumi, 1972

| type_species = Nipponaspis takaizumii

| type_species_authority = Koizumi, 1972H. 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 [https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/agcjchikyukagaku/26/1/26_KJ00005298130/_pdf/-char/en]

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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.

References

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  • Proetida fact sheet [http://www.trilobites.info/ordproetida.htm]

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Category:Permian trilobites

Category:Fossils of Japan

Category:Fossils of China

Category:Paleozoic life of Nunavut

Category:Phillipsiidae

Category:Proetida genera

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