Komaspidella

Komaspidella
Temporal range: Dresbachian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Corynexochida
Genus:
Komaspidella

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. ^ a b 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. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Komaspidella". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1960.


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