{{Short description|Extinct genus of brachiopods}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range =Early Cambrian | taxon = Askepasma | authority = Laurie, 1986 | subdivision = {{species list | A. toddense| Laurie, 1986 (type) | A. transversalis| Peng ''et al.'', 2010 | A. saproconcha|Topper ''et al.'', 2012 }} }}

'''''Askepasma''''' is an extinct genus of brachiopods which existed in what is now Australia and southern China during the Lower Cambrian.

The type species is ''A. toddense''. ''A. transversalis'' occurs in Guizhou, and ''A. saproconcha'' is the oldest known southern Australian brachiopod from the lower Cambrian.<ref name="Topper et al., 2012">{{Cite journal|author1=Timothy P. Topper |author2=Lars E. Holmer |author3=Christian B. Skovsted |author4=Glenn A. Brock |author5=Uwe Balthasar |author6=Cecilia M. Larsson |author7=Sandra Pettersson Stolk |author8=David A.T. Harper |title=The oldest brachiopods from the lower Cambrian of South Australia |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |year=2011 |volume=In press |url=http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20110146.html |doi=10.4202/app.2011.0146 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26574 ''Askepasma''] at the Paleobiology Database

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Category:Prehistoric brachiopod genera