Validaspis

Validaspis is an extinct genus of ptychopariid trilobite from the superfamily Ellipsocephaloidea. It lived during the early part of the Botomian stage of the early Cambrian.^[1] Fossils of V. judomica are found in the upper portion of the Petrotsvet Formation in the Siberian Platform.^[2]

Validaspis Temporal range: Early Botomian[1]
Restoration of V. judomica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Ptychopariida
Family:	†Palaeolenidae
Genus:	†Validaspis Repina, 1977