Actaeus armatus Temporal range:
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Reconstruction of Actaeus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | † Megacheira |
Order: | † Leanchoilida |
Family: | † Leanchoiliidae |
Genus: | †
Actaeus Simonetta, 1970 |
Species: | †A. armatus
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Binomial name | |
†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]
Actaeus armatus Temporal range:
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Reconstruction of Actaeus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | † Megacheira |
Order: | † Leanchoilida |
Family: | † Leanchoiliidae |
Genus: | †
Actaeus Simonetta, 1970 |
Species: | †A. armatus
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Binomial name | |
†Actaeus armatus Simonetta, 1970
|
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]