Nectocotis
Nectocotis Temporal range:
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Type specimen (from Smith, 2019[1]) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca (?) |
Family: | †Nectocarididae |
Genus: | †Nectocotis Smith, 2020 |
Species: | †N. rusmithi
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Binomial name | |
†Nectocotis rusmithi Smith, 2020
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Nectocotis rusmithi is an Ordovician nectocaridid, differing from Nectocaris in the possession of an internal skeletal element.[2]
References[]
- ^ Smith, M. R. (2019). "High resolution photographs of Nectocotis rusmithi". Figshare (Data Set). doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3953191.
- ^ Smith, Martin R. (2020). "An Ordovician nectocaridid hints at an endocochleate origin of Cephalopoda" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 94: 64–69. doi:10.1017/jpa.2019.57. S2CID 201208912.
Categories:
- Fossil taxa described in 2019
- Late Ordovician animals
- Nectocarididae
- Ordovician animals of North America
- Prehistoric cephalopod stubs