Kleptothule rasmusseni
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Kleptothule rasmusseni | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kleptothule rasmusseni and Buenaspis forteyi
|
||||||||||||||||||
| Conservation status | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Fossil
|
||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
| Binomial name | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kleptothule rasmusseni (Budd) 1995 |
Kleptothule rasmusseni ("Rasmussen's Thief of Thule") was a small, elongated trilobite, about 3 cm in length, and about 5 to 6 mm in width, from the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte. It is currently placed in the family Nevadiidae, though this may change with further study.
Its cephalon is composed of at least five segments, and its elongated thorax is composed of 27+ segments. The 20, or so, segments of the pygidium are poorly defined, as they are fused together.
[edit] External links
- Peripatus Homepage "Trilobite Origins" [1]
- http://www.palaeos.com/Paleozoic/Cambrian/Sirius_Passet.html
 |
This paleontology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
