Askepasma

Askepasma is an extinct genus of brachiopods which existed in what is now Australia and southern China during the Lower Cambrian.

Phylum:Brachiopoda

Class:†Paterinata

Order:†Paterinida

Family:†Cryptotretidae

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Askepasma Temporal range: Early Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	†Paterinata
Order:	†Paterinida
Family:	†Cryptotretidae
Genus:	†Askepasma Laurie, 1986
Species
A. toddense Laurie, 1986 (type) A. transversalis Peng et al., 2010 A. saproconcha Topper et al., 2012

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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]