Profallotaspis

Profallotaspis
Temporal range: Early Atdabanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Redlichiida
Family: †Archaeaspididae
Genus: †Profallotaspis
Repina, 1965

Profallotaspis is an extinct genus of trilobites. It lived during the early Atdabanian stage, some 520 million years ago. Profallotaspis jakutensis is arguably the earliest trilobite ever found. Representatives of Profallotaspis have been recorded in the provisional Cambrian Stage 3 deposits of Siberia and, possibly North America.

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