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Kingaspis
Temporal range: 513 Ma
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Kingaspis was a trilobite within the order redlichiida that lived during the cambrian period, sometime around 513 mya. this creature was unique for it's strange curving spikes, one of which appearing closer to the front of the animal and the other appearing more towards the back. Kingaspis was likely a deposit feeder, getting its nutrients from organic matter within the sediments around it.


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https://www.mindat.org/taxon-5431495.html