Etheridgaspis
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| Etheridgaspis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Proetida |
| Family: | †Hystricuridae |
| Genus: | †Etheridgaspis Kobayashi 1940 |
Etheridgaspis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period,[1] approximately 478 to 471 million years ago. Fossils of the genus have been found exclusively in the Caroline Creek Formation of Australia.
