Australimicola
Australimicola is a monotypic genus of ancient aquatic arthropods that are related to trilobites, they lived in the Cambrian period alongside them 538.8 million to 485.4 million years ago.
It was discovered in the Emu Bay Shale on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
This fossil species is closely related to the Conciliterga clade, which includes genera like Helmetia, Kuamaia, and Rhombicalvaria.
It is characterized by an elongated trunk with 23 thoracic tergites, spatulate pleural tips, and a small pygidium with a pair of elongated pleural spines.
References
- ↑ "Morphobank". morphobank.org.
- ↑ Paterson, John R.; García-Bellido, Diego C.; Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2012). "New artiopodan arthropods from the early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte of South Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (2): 340–357. Bibcode:2012JPal...86..340P. doi:10.1666/11-077.1.
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