Canadaspis
| Canadaspis Temporal range: | |
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| Specimen of Canadaspis perfecta from the Burgess Shale | |
| Life restoration of Canadaspis perfecta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Order: | †Hymenocarina |
| Family: | †Canadaspididae |
| Genus: | †Canadaspis Novozhilov in Orlov, 1960 |
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Canadaspis ("Shield of Canada") is an extinct genus of bivalved Cambrian arthropod, known from North America and China. They are thought to have been benthic feeders that moved mainly by walking and possibly used its biramous appendages to stir mud in search of food. They have been placed within the Hymenocarina, which includes other bivalved Cambrian arthropods.
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