Askepasma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: †Paterinata
Order: †Paterinida
Family: †Cryptotretidae
Genus: †Askepasma
Laurie, 1986
Species
  • A. toddense Laurie, 1986 (type)
  • A. transversalis Peng et al., 2010
  • A. saproconcha Topper et al., 2012

Askepasma is an extinct genus of brachiopods which existed in what is now Australia and southern China during the Lower Cambrian.

The type species is A. toddense. A. transversalis occurs in Guizhou, and A. saproconcha is the oldest known southern Australian brachiopod from the lower Cambrian.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Timothy P. Topper; Lars E. Holmer; Christian B. Skovsted; Glenn A. Brock; Uwe Balthasar; Cecilia M. Larsson; Sandra Pettersson Stolk; David A.T. Harper (2011). "The oldest brachiopods from the lower Cambrian of South Australia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. In press. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0146.
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