Askepasma
Extinct genus of brachiopods
| Askepasma Temporal range: Early Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | †Paterinata |
| Order: | †Paterinida |
| Family: | †Cryptotretidae |
| Genus: | †Askepasma Laurie, 1986 |
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Askepasma is an extinct genus of brachiopods which existed in what is now Australia and southern China during the Lower Cambrian.
The type species is A. toddense. A. transversalis occurs in Guizhou, and A. saproconcha is the oldest known southern Australian brachiopod from the lower Cambrian.[1]
References
- ^ Timothy P. Topper; Lars E. Holmer; Christian B. Skovsted; Glenn A. Brock; Uwe Balthasar; Cecilia M. Larsson; Sandra Pettersson Stolk; David A.T. Harper (2011). "The oldest brachiopods from the lower Cambrian of South Australia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. In press. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0146.
External links
- Askepasma at the Paleobiology Database
