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Genus of proetid trilobite belonging to the family Phillipsiidae

Thaiaspis
Temporal range: Middle to Late Mississippian
Thaiaspis sethaputi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Proetida
Family: Phillipsiidae
Genus: Thaiaspis
Kobayashi, 1961
Type species
Thaiaspis sethaputi
Koizumi, 1972

Thaiaspis is a genus of proetid trilobite belonging to the family Phillipsiidae. Fossils of the various species are found in Middle to Late Mississippian-aged marine strata of eastern Asia, especially of Carboniferous-aged marine strata in Thailand.

References

  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
  • Proetida fact sheet
Taxon identifiers
Thaiaspis


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