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''Kozlowskiaspis'' is a genus 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 ...
s in the order Phacopida (family Calmoniidae), that existed during the lower
Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, whe ...
in what is now
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. It was described by Branisa and Vanek in 1973, and the
type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
is ''Kozlowskiapsis superna''. It also contains the species ''K. australis'' and ''K. borealis''. The type locality was the Icla Formation.Available Generic Names for Trilobites
P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.


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''Kozlowskiaspis''
at the
Paleobiology Database The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms. History The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) originated in the NCEAS-funded Phanerozoic Marine Pale ...
Calmoniidae Phacopida genera Fossil taxa described in 1973 Devonian trilobites of South America {{phacopida-stub