Kodymirus

Kodymirus is a problematic genus of Early Cambrian arthropod, known from the Czech Republic, which bears some resemblance to the eurypterids, aglaspidids and chelicerates. It is part of a small and low-diversity fauna endemic to the area, which dwelt in brackish waters.[1]

Kodymirus
Temporal range: Cambrian Series 2
Artist's restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
(unranked): Artiopoda
(unranked): Vicissicaudata
Genus: Kodymirus
Chlupáč & Havlíček, 1965
Species:
K. vagans
Binomial name
Kodymirus vagans
Chlupáč & Havlíček, 1965

Along with the very closely related Kockurus, it is an enigmatic Cambrian arthropod whose precise taxonomic affinity is uncertain, but is best considered to be a stem-group or ally of the aglaspidids.[2]

References

  1. Chlupáč, I. "Lower Cambrian arthropods from the Paseky Shale (Barrandian area, Czech Republic)". Journal of the Czech Geological Society. 40 (4): 9–36. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
  2. Van Roy, P. (2005). "An aglaspidid arthropod from the Upper Ordovician of Morocco with remarks on the affinities and limitations of Aglaspidida". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences. 96 (4): 327. doi:10.1017/S0263593300001334.


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