Nipponaspis
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| Nipponaspis Temporal range: | |
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| Nipponaspis takaizumii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Proetida |
| Family: | †Phillipsiidae |
| Subfamily: | †Weaniinae |
| Genus: | †Nipponaspis Koizumi, 1972 |
| Type species | |
| Nipponaspis takaizumii Koizumi, 1972[1] | |
Nipponaspis is a genus of proetid trilobite belonging to the family Phillipsiidae. Fossils of the various species are found in Middle Permian-aged marine strata of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, China, Korea, and Alaska.
