Aglaspida

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Aglaspida

[ə′glas·pə·də]
(paleontology)
An order of Cambrian and Ordovician merostome arthropods in the subclass Xiphosurida characterized by a phosphatic exoskeleton and vaguely trilobed body form.
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in geology from The University of Cincinnati in 1955, writing his dissertation on "Hockingport Sandstone (Late Carboniferous) of Southeastern Ohio." While a graduate student Martin discovered a fossilized aglaspid at Stonelick Creek, OH.
Wayne Dudley Martin (1920-2009)
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