''Ejinaspis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
trilobite
Trilobites (; meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the At ...
.
[The Paleobiology Database ''Ejinaspis'' entry]
Accessed on 29, November, 2010 It was described from
Upper Cambrian
The Furongian is the fourth and final epoch and series of the Cambrian. It lasted from to million years ago. It succeeds the Miaolingian series of the Cambrian and precedes the Lower Ordovician Tremadocian Stage. It is subdivided into three ...
fossils found in
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...
, China in 1986. The genus is placed in the family
Solenopleuridae
Solenopleuridae is a family (biology), family of trilobites, containing the following genera:
*''Abakanopleura''
*''Acanthometopus''
*''Acrocephalaspis''
*''Aiaiaspis''
*''Aidarella''
*''Aikhaliella''
*''Albansia''
*''Aldanaspis''
*''Badulesia'' ...
.
References
Solenopleuridae
Ptychopariida genera
Cambrian trilobites of Asia
Fossils of China
Cambrian genus extinctions
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