Komaspidella

Komaspidella; Temporal range: Dresbachian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Corynexochida
Genus:	Komaspidella

Komaspidella is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived from 501 to 490 million years ago during the Dresbachian faunal stage of the late Cambrian Period.^[1]

Members of the genus are thought to have been fast moving low level carnivores and lived primarily in the ocean and on the shores of modern-day Canada and the northern United States.^[2]

The closest relatives of the members of Komaspidella are the members of the genus . Komaspidella are thought to have has a smooth exoskeleton.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on September 5, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
^ "Fossilworks: Komaspidella". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1960.

This Corynexochida-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[Sepkoski-1] Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on September 5, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-12.

[2] "Fossilworks: Komaspidella". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[3] U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1960.

[1]

[2]

[3]