Daguinaspis

Daguinaspis is an early Cambrian trilobite genus found in Morocco. Like the closely related Choubertella and Wolynaspis, but unlike any other Fallotaspidoidea, it lacks genal spines.

Daguinaspis Temporal range: Lower Cambrian (Lower Atdabanian) PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Daguinaspis sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Redlichiida
Suborder:	Olenellina
Superfamily:	Fallotaspidoidea
Family:	Daguinaspididae
Genus:	Daguinaspis Hupé and Abadie, 1950[1]
Species
D. ambroggii Hupé, 1953 (Type) D. subabadiei Geyer, Landing & Heldmaier, 1995

Distribution

Cambrian of the Anti-Atlas, Morocco, 30.4° N, 8.8° W (Daguinaspis trilobite zone, Tazemmourt Section^[2] and Tiout Section.^[3] Amouslek Formation, Middle Atdabanian (520.0 - 516.0 Ma) )

Ecology

Daguinaspis occurs together with the trilobites Marsaisia robauxi and Resserops bourgini, and the brachiopod Brevipelta chouberti (Tazemmourt), and also with the problematic Microschedia amphitrite (Tiout).