Arthroaspis
Arthroaspis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
(unranked): | †Artiopoda |
Genus: | †Arthroaspis Stein, M., Budd, G.E., Peel, J.S. et al 2013 |
Species: | †A. bergstroemi
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Binomial name | |
†Arthroaspis bergstroemi Stein, M., Budd, G.E., Peel, J.S. et al 2013
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Arthroaspis is an extinct genus of arthropod known from the Cambrian aged Sirius Passet Lagerstatte in Greenland. It is relatively large in size for Cambrian arthropods, attaining a length of up to 215 mm. It is a common component of the Passet fauna, being located at multiple localities within the formation. It possessed 14 tergites. In the describing paper, it was recovered as a member of a non-monophyletic Artiopoda.[1]
References[]
- ^ Stein, Martin; Budd, Graham E; Peel, John S; Harper, David AT (2013). "Arthroaspis n. gen., a common element of the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte (Cambrian, North Greenland), sheds light on trilobite ancestry". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (1): 99. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-99. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 3662621. PMID 23663519.
Categories:
- Artiopoda