Chengjiangaspis
Extinct genus of trilobite
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Chengjiangaspis chengjiangensis is an extinct redlichiid trilobite that lived during the early part of the Botomian stage,[1] of the Early Cambrian period, which has lasted approximately 524 to 518.5 million years. It is a rare fossil found in strata just above the Maotianshan Shale, where the Chengjiang Biota are found.
| Chengjiangaspis | |
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Redlichiida |
| Family: | †Redlichiidae |
| Subfamily: | †Wutingaspinae |
| Genus: | †Chengjiangaspis Zhang et al., 1980 |
| Species: | †C. chengjiangensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Chengjiangaspis chengjiangensis Zhang et al., 1980 | |
