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Hoplitaspis

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Hoplitaspis
Temporal range: Late Katian
449–445 Ma
Life restoration of H. hiawathai, with some elements based on Octoberaspis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Clade: Dekatriata
Order: Chasmataspidida
Family: Diploaspididae
Genus: Hoplitaspis
Lamsdell et al., 2019
Type species
Hoplitaspis hiawathai
Lamsdell et al., 2019

Hoplitaspis is a genus of chasmataspidid, an extinct group of aquatic arthropods. Fossils of Hoplitaspis have been discovered in Late Ordovician deposits of the Lagerstätte of the Big Hill Formation exposed at Stonington Peninsular in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, United States. Its generic name is derived from the hoplites (Ancient Greek citizen-soldiers) and the Ancient Greek word άσπίς (aspis, meaning "shield"). The specific name hiawathai honors Hiawatha, a Native American leader and co-founder of the Iroquois Confederacy.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Lamsdell, James C.; Gunderson, Gerald O.; Meyer, Ronald C. (2019). "A common arthropod from the Late Ordovician Big Hill Lagerstätte (Michigan) reveals an unexpected ecological diversity within Chasmataspidida". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 19 (8): 1–24. doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1329-4. PMC 6325806. PMID 30621579.