| Leonaspis Temporal range: Late Ordovician to Middle Devonian
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| Leonaspis williamsi (lower left) with Paciphacops raymondi (upper right) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Odontopleurida |
| Family: | †Odontopleuridae |
| Genus: | †Leonaspis Richter & Richter, 1917 |
Leonaspis is a widespread genus of odontopleurid trilobite that lived from the Late Ordovician to the late Middle Devonian.1 Fossils of various species have been found on all continents except Antarctica.
Sources
Sources
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 61)
- Leonaspis in the Paleobiology Database
References
References
- Feist, Raimund; McNAMARA, Kenneth J. (September 2007). "Biodiversity, distribution and patterns of extinction of the last odontopleuroid trilobites during the Devonian (Givetian, Frasnian)". Geological Magazine. 144 (5): 777–796. Bibcode:2007GeoM..144..777F. doi:10.1017/s0016756807003779. ISSN 1469-5081. S2CID 128918534.