Askepasma

Askepasma; Temporal range: Early Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Lophophorata
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	†Paterinata
Order:	†Paterinida
Family:	†Cryptotretidae
Genus:	†Askepasma; Laurie, 1986
Species
	A. toddense Laurie 1986 (type) ; A. transversalis Peng et al. 2010 ; A. saproconcha Topper et al. 2012 ;

Askepasma is an extinct genus of brachiopods which existed in what is now Australia and southern China during the Lower Cambrian.

The type species is A. toddense Laurie in 1986. A. transversalis occurs in Guizhou, and A. saproconcha is the oldest known southern Australian brachiopod from the lower Cambrian.[1]

References

Timothy P. Topper; Lars E. Holmer; Christian B. Skovsted; Glenn A. Brock; Uwe Balthasar; Cecilia M. Larsson; Sandra Pettersson Stolk; David A.T. Harper (2012). "The oldest brachiopods from the lower Cambrian of South Australia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. In press. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0146.

External links

Askepasma at the Paleobiology Database

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[Topper_et_al.,_2012-1] Timothy P. Topper; Lars E. Holmer; Christian B. Skovsted; Glenn A. Brock; Uwe Balthasar; Cecilia M. Larsson; Sandra Pettersson Stolk; David A.T. Harper (2012). "The oldest brachiopods from the lower Cambrian of South Australia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. In press. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0146.