Biology:Actaeus armatus
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Short description: Extinct genus of arthropods
| Actaeus armatus | |
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| Reconstruction of Actaeus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Megacheira |
| Order: | †Leanchoilida |
| Family: | †Leanchoiliidae |
| Genus: | †Actaeus Simonetta, 1970 |
| Species: | †A. armatus
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| †Actaeus armatus Simonetta, 1970
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Actaeus is a genus of leanchoiliid megacheiran arthropod, containing the single species Actaeus armatus. It is known from a single specimen recovered from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada ,[1] and it may be actually a poorly preserved specimen of Alalcomenaeus.[2] The specimen is over 6 cm long and has a body consisting of a head shield, 11 body tergites, and a terminal plate.[3] It was named after Actaeus, first king of attica, and armatus a combination of greek and latin words to describe the frontal appendages of the species.[4]
References
- ↑ Briggs, Derek E. G.; Collins, Desmond (1988). "A Middle Cambrian chelicerate from Mount Stephen, British Columbia" (PDF). Palaeontology 31 (3): 779–798. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716060204/http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2031/Pages%20779-798.pdf. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
- ↑ Briggs, Derek E. G.; Collins, Desmond (1999). "The Arthropod Alalcomenaeus cambricus Simonetta, from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia" (in en). Palaeontology 42 (6): 953–977. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00104. ISSN 0031-0239. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-4983.00104.
- ↑ Whittington, H. B. (May 12, 1981). "Rare Arthropods from the Burgess Shale, Middle Cambrian, British Columbia". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 292 (1060): 329–357. doi:10.1098/rstb.1981.0033. Bibcode: 1981RSPTB.292..329W.
- ↑ "Actaeus armatus. Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery". https://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/fossils/actaeus-armatus/.
External links
- "Actaeus armatus. Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery". https://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/fossils/actaeus-armatus/.
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