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Mimetaster
Temporal range: Lower DevonianScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Stem-group: Arthropoda Class: Marrellomorpha Genus: †Mimetaster Binomial name Mimetaster hexagonalis
Gürich, 1931Mimetaster 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]
- ^ Stürmer, W; Bergström, J (1976). "The arthropods Mimetaster and Vachonisia from the Devonian Hunsrück Shale". Paläontologische Zeitschrift 50 (1): 78–111.
- ^ a b 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.
Categories:- Prehistoric arthropods
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