Lunataspis
| Lunataspis Temporal range:
Latest Sandbian to Earliest Hirnantian | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction of Lunataspis aurora (bottom left) and Lunataspis borealis (top right) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Suborder: | Xiphosurida |
| Genus: | †Lunataspis Rudkin, Young & Nowlan, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| †Lunataspis aurora Rudkin, Young & Nowlan, 2008 | |
| Species | |
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Lunataspis is the oldest known xiphosuran, with three known species all dating from the late Ordovician (latest Sandbian for L. borealis, Katian for L. gundersoni, earliest Hirnantian for L. aurora).