Asthenopsis

Asthenopsis
Temporal range: Cambrian
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Family:
Ptychopariidae
Genus:
Asthenopsis

Whitehouse, 1939
Species
  • A. butorosa
  • A. levior (type)
  • A. opalensis
  • A. queenslandica
  • A. rhinostrongyla
  • A. unquinsepta

Asthenopsis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Cambrian Period, which lasted from approximately 542 to 488 million years ago.

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