''Hoekaspis'' is an
extinct
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genus of
trilobites from the family
Asaphidae.
[''Hoekaspis'']
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.org It lived during the early part of the
Arenig stage of the
Ordovician,
a
faunal stage which lasted from approximately 466 to 461 million years ago.
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Distribution
Fossils of ''Hoekaspis'' have been found in France, Morocco, Bolivia and Argentina.[
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References
Asaphidae
Ordovician trilobites
Ordovician trilobites of Africa
Ordovician trilobites of Europe
Ordovician France
Fossils of France
Ordovician trilobites of South America
Ordovician Argentina
Fossils of Argentina
Ordovician Bolivia
Fossils of Bolivia
Fossil taxa described in 1937
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