Komaspidella Temporal range:
Dresbachian
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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]
Komaspidella Temporal range:
Dresbachian
[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
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]