Biology:Komaspidella
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| Komaspidella Temporal range: Dresbachian[1]
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| Genus: | Komaspidella
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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 Ataktaspis. Komaspidella are thought to have has a smooth exoskeleton.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20060905162524/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Komaspidella". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=19594.
- ↑ (in en) U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1960. https://books.google.com/books?id=0iYcAQAAMAAJ&q=Komaspidella&pg=RA4-SL6-PA30.
Wikidata ☰ Q6428184 entry
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