Kleptothule rasmusseni is a small, elongated trilobite, about 3 cm in length, and about 5 to 6 mm in width, from the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte. It is currently placed in the family Nevadiidae, though this may change with further study.
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| Kleptothule rasmusseni and Ooedigera | |
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| Genus: | Kleptothule
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| Species: | K. rasmusseni
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| Kleptothule rasmusseni (Budd, 1995)
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Its cephalon is composed of at least five segments, and its elongated thorax is composed of 27+ segments. The 20 or so segments of the pygidium are poorly defined, as they are fused together.[1]
References
edit- ^ Budd, Graham E. (1995). "Kleptothule rasmusseni gen . et sp. nov.: an ?olenellinid-like trilobite from the Sirius Passet fauna (Buen Formation, Lower Cambrian, North Greenland)". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences. 86 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1017/S0263593300002121.
External links
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Data related to Kleptothule at Wikispecies- Peripatus Homepage "Trilobite Origins" [1]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070831114814/http://www.palaeos.com/Paleozoic/Cambrian/Sirius_Passet.html
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