Chasmataspis

Chasmataspis
Temporal range: Early Ordovician
Holotype specimen
Life reconstruction of C. laurencii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Clade: Dekatriata
Order: Chasmataspidida
Family: Chasmataspididae
Caster & Brooks, 1956
Genus: Chasmataspis
Caster & Brooks, 1956
Type species
Chasmataspis laurencii
Caster & Brooks, 1999

Chasmataspis is a genus of chasmataspidid, a group of extinct aquatic chelicerate arthropods. It was found in the Early Ordovician deposits of Tennessee, United States.

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