# Orphanaspis

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{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}}
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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Ordovician|Devonian}}
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| taxon = Orphanaspis
| authority = Prantl & Pribyl, 1949
| type_species = ''Trilobites orphana''
| type_species_authority = [Barrande, 1852](/source/Joachim_Barrande)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''Orphanaspis erbeni'' <small>(Pillet, 1972)</small>
*''Orphanaspis orphana'' <small>(Barrande, 1852)</small>
*''Orphanaspis gracilicauda'' <small>Erben, 1952</small>
}}

'''''Orphanaspis''''' is a poorly known genus of [odontopleurid](/source/Odontopleurida) trilobite in the family [Odontopleuridae](/source/Odontopleuridae).  The genus is originally based on poorly preserved material from the [Wenlock-aged](/source/Wenlock_(Silurian)) Motol Formation in [Bohemia](/source/Bohemia), [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic), described by [Joachim Barrande](/source/Joachim_Barrande), in 1852, as "''Trilobites orphana.''"  In 1945, Prantl and Pribyl reclassify ''T. orphana'' as ''Orphanaspis orphana.''  Some experts suspect that ''O. orphana'' may actually be a species of ''[Dicranurus](/source/Dicranurus)''.

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Category:Odontopleuridae
Category:Odontopleurida genera
Category:Silurian trilobites of Europe

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