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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Asaphida |
| Family: | †Asaphidae |
| Genus: | †Megistaspis Jaanusson, 1956 |
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| Megistaspis limbatus Boeck, 1838
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Megistaspis is a genus of isoteline asaphid trilobites that lived from the Ibexian to the Caradoc.[1][2]
Species
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- Subgenus Megistaspis (Megistaspis)
- Megistaspis (Megistaspis) limbatus Boeck, 1838 - Norway
- Megistaspis (Megistaspis) polyphemus Brögger, 1882 -
- Megistaspis (Megistaspis) simon Tjernvik and Johansson, 1980 -
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- Subgenus Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) Tjernvik, 1956[1][2]
- Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) armatus Tjernvik, 1956 - Arenig (Floian) of Norway and Sweden[1][2]
- Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) euclides Walcott, 1925 - Tremadoc of Tasmania, Australia and British Columbia, Canada[1][2]
- Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) filacovi Bergeron, 1889[2]
- Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) filacovi filacovi Bergeron, 1889 - Lower Ordovician of the Montagne Noire, France[2]
- Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) filacovi bergeroni Thoral - Lower Ordovician of the Montagne Noire, France[2]
- Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) floweri Ross, 1970 - Tulean (late Tremadocian - early Floian) of Nevada, USA[1][2]
- Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) hammondi Brögger, 1882 - Tremadocian of Morocco[2][3]
- Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) heroides Brögger, 1882 - Arenig of Norway and Sweden[1][2]
- Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) nevadaensis Ross, 1970 - Stairsian (Tremadocian) of Nevada, USA[1]
- Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) roquebrunensis Courtessole, Pillet, and Vizcaïno - Montagne Noire, France[2]
Description
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Paleobiology
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editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Megistaspis at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Corbacho, Joan; Vela, Joan Antoni (2010), "Giant Trilobites from Lower Ordovician of Morocco" (PDF), Batalleria (Barcelona), 15: 3–32, ISSN 0214-7831
- ^ Gutiérrez-Marco, Juan C.; García-Bellido, Diego C.; Rábano, Isabel; Sá, JArtur A. (2017), "Digestive and appendicular soft-parts, with behavioural implications, in a large Ordovician trilobite from the Fezouata Lagerstätte, Morocco", Scientific Reports, 7, doi:10.1038/srep39728
