Biology:Nectocotis

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Short description: Extinct genus of Nectocaridid

Nectocotis
Temporal range: Katian
Nectocaris rusmithi.jpg
Type specimen (from Smith, 2019[1])
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Family: Nectocarididae
Genus: Nectocotis
Smith, 2020
Species:
N. rusmithi
Binomial name
Nectocotis rusmithi
Smith, 2020

Nectocotis rusmithi is an Ordovician nectocaridid, differing from Nectocaris in the possession of an internal skeletal element.[2]

References

  1. Smith, M. R. (2019). "High resolution photographs of Nectocotis rusmithi". Figshare. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3953191. 
  2. Smith, Martin R. (2020). "An Ordovician nectocaridid hints at an endocochleate origin of Cephalopoda". Journal of Paleontology 94 (1): 64–69. doi:10.1017/jpa.2019.57. Bibcode2020JPal...94...64S. http://dro.dur.ac.uk/28457/1/28457.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q85788119 entry