Aitkenaspis Handkamer et al. 2022 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Full reference: N. M. Handkamer, B. R. Pratt, and R. B. MacNaughton. 2022. Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the trilobite faunas from the Mount Clark and Mount Cap formations (early and middle Cambrian), eastern Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada. Journal of Paleontology 96(S89):1-47

Parent taxon: Zacanthoididae according to N. M. Handkamer et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Albertella, Albertellina, Albertelloides, Chuchiaspis, Danjiangella, Delamarella, Dodoella, Fieldaspis, Mackenzieaspis, Mexicaspis, Micmaccopsis, Panxinella, Paralbertella, Parkaspis, Prozacanthoides, Pseudozacanthopsis, Ptarmiganoides, Qingzhenaspis, Stephenaspis, Ursinella, Vanuxemella, Zacanthoides, Zacanthopsina, Zacanthopsis

Subtaxa: Aitkenaspis keelensis

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Type: Aitkenaspis keelensis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (7: Northwest Territory collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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