Poliellaspis

{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Botomian}}

| taxon = Poliellaspis

| authority = Lermontova, 1940

}}

Poliellaspis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Botomian stage,{{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| date = 2002| url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class| access-date = 2008-01-12 }} which lasted from approximately {{Ma|524|518.5}}. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

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