Australimicola
| Australimicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Genus: | †Australimicola Paterson, García-Bellido & Edgecombe, 2012[1] |
| Species: | †A. spriggi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Australimicola spriggi Paterson,et al., 2012[1]
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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.[2] Only a single species has been described in this genus, Australimicola spriggi.[1]
It was discovered in the Emu Bay Shale on Kangaroo Island, south Australia.[2]
This fossil species is closely related to the Conciliterga clade, which includes genera like Helmetia, Kuamaia and Rhombicalvaria.[2]
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.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Australimicola Paterson, García-Bellido & Edgecombe, 2012". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "Morphobank". morphobank.org. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
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