Comptaluta

Comptaluta
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: †Bradoriida
Genus: †Comptaluta
Öpik, 1968
Type species
†Comptaluta calcarata
Öpik, 1968
Species
  • †C. calcarata Öpik, 1968
  • †C. inflata Cheng, 1974
  • †C. kailiensis Peng et al. 2010
  • †C. profunda Öpik, 1968

Comptaluta is an extinct genus of Cambrian bradoriid arthropod. The genus was erected by Armin Öpik, who described C. calcarata and C. profunda from the Ordian of Australia.[1] Two further species have been described from the Chengjiang biota: C. kailiensis and C. inflata.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Armin Öpik (1968), Ordian (Cambrian) Crustacea Bradoriida of Australia, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Wikidata Q116923738
  2. ^ Peng, Jin; Feng, Hongzhen; Fu, Xiaoping; Zhao, Yuanlong; Yao, Lu (2010-01-27). "New Bradoriid Arthropods from the Early Cambrian Balang Formation of Eastern Guizhou, South China". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (1): 56–68. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00170.x. S2CID 140575214.


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