''Ananaspis'' 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 ...

in the order

Phacopida Phacopida ("lens-face") is an order of trilobites that lived from the Late Cambrian to the Late Devonian. It is made up of a morphologically diverse assemblage of taxa in three related suborders. Characteristics Phacopida had 8 to 19 thorac ...

, which existed in what is now the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. Th ...

. It was described by Campbell in 1967, and the type species is ''Ananaspis fecundis'', which was originally described as ''Phacops fecundus communis'' by Barrande in 1852.Available Generic Names for Trilobites
P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.

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''Ananaspis''
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 Paleo ...

''Ananaspis''
at Zipcodezoo.com Fossils of the Czech Republic Phacopidae Paleozoic life of Quebec Trilobites of Europe {{phacopida-stub