Veeversaspis
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| Veeversaspis Temporal range: Tremadocian, | |
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| Specimens of Veeversaspis and Tanybregma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Proetida |
| Family: | †Bathyuridae |
| Genus: | †Veeversaspis Smith, and Allen, 2023 |
| Type species | |
| †Veeversaspis jelli Patrick M. Smith, and Heidi J. Allen, 2023 | |
Veeversaspis (/ˌvɪvərˈzæspɪs/) (meaning "Veevers' shield") is an extinct genus of bathyurid trilobite from the Nambeet Formation in Western Australia. The type species is M. jelli, known from multiple partial specimens.[1]