Mimetaster
| Mimetaster Temporal range: Lower Devonian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Stem-group: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Marrellomorpha |
| Family: | †Mimetasteridae |
| Genus: | †Mimetaster |
| Binomial name | |
| Mimetaster hexagonalis Gürich, 1931 | |
Mimetaster is a Devonian marrellomorph known from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Shale,[1] and is the most common arthropod (trilobites excluded) from the locality, known from over 100 specimens including three juveniles.[2] The animals probably lived in small groups.[2]
References
- ↑ Stürmer, W; Bergström, J (1976). "The arthropods Mimetaster and Vachonisia from the Devonian Hunsrück Shale". Paläontologische Zeitschrift 50 (1): 78–111. doi:10.1007/bf03001974.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kühl, G.; Rust, J. (2010). "Re-investigation of Mimetaster hexagonalis: a marrellomorph arthropod from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate (Germany)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift 84: 397. doi:10.1007/s12542-009-0049-x.