Dudleyaspis

Dudleyaspis (meaning "Dudley shield") is an extinct genus of Lower to Middle Devonian odontopleurid trilobites that lived in a shallow sea that lay between Euramerica and Gondwana.^[1] It was named in 1949 by Prantl & Pribyl.^[2]

Dudleyaspis Temporal range: Middle Silurian-Late Devonian, Homerian–Frasnian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	†Artiopoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Odontopleurida
Family:	†Odontopleuridae
Genus:	†Dudleyaspis Prantl & Pribyl, 1949
Species
†Dudleyaspis (Dudleyaspis) hamrensis Ramsköld, 1984 †Dudleyaspis (Snoderaspis) quinquespinosa Campbell, 1967 (Lake, 1896) †Dudleyaspis (Dudleyaspis) uncifera Ramsköld, 1984 †Dudleyaspis (Dudleyaspis) uncifera Ramsköld, 1984

Fossils of Dudleyaspis have been found in the following locations:

• Australia: Bathurst (Jesse Limestone^[3]), Mudgee (Flirtation Hill^[4]) and Murrumbateman (Black Bog Formation – Yarwood Siltstone Member^[5])
• Canada: Northwest Territories (Mackenzie Mountains – Delorme and Whittaker Formations^[6][7]) and Nunavut (Bailie-Hamilton and Cornwallis Islands – Cape Phillips Formation^[8])
• Czech Republic: Prague (Loc. 5.2 – C. colonus Zone^[9])
• England: Cannock (Shelve District^[10]) and Dudley (Wren's Nest – Much Wenlock Limestone Formation^[11])
• France: Coumiac (Coumiac quarry – Coumiac Formation^[12][13])
• Sweden: western Gotland (Visby – Rönnklint sea cliff and Kättelviken^[1])
• United States: Illinois (Chicago – Racine Dolomite^[14] and Kankakee – Racine Dolomite^[14]), Iowa (Hopkinton Dolomite^[15]), Oklahoma (Anadarko – Henryhouse Formation^[16]) and Wisconsin (Milwaukee – Racine Dolomite^[14])