Litaspis

Litaspis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage,^[1] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

Litaspis Temporal range: Late Botomian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	†Artiopoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Corynexochida
Family:	†Edelsteinaspididae
Genus:	†Litaspis Suvorova, 1960