Canadaspis

Canadaspis
Temporal range:
Specimen of Canadaspis perfecta from the Burgess Shale
Life restoration of Canadaspis perfecta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: †Hymenocarina
Family: †Canadaspididae
Genus: †Canadaspis
Novozhilov in Orlov, 1960
Species
  • C. perfecta (Walcott 1912) (type)
  • C. laevigata Hou and Bergström, 1991
Synonyms
  • Canadapsis (lapsus calami)
Synonyms of C. perfecta
  • Hymenocaris perfecta Walcott, 1912
  • Canadaspis obesa Simonetta & delle Cave, 1975
Synonyms of C. laevigata
  • Canadaspis eucallus Chen & Zhou, 1997

Canadaspis ("Shield of Canada") is an extinct genus of bivalved Cambrian marine arthropod, known from North America and China. They are thought to have been benthic feeders that moved mainly by walking and possibly used its biramous appendages to stir mud in search of food. They have been placed within the Hymenocarina, which includes other bivalved Cambrian arthropods.

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