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Monkaspis

Classification

    Phylum:  
Unknown
    Class:  
Trilobata
    Order:  
Ptychopariida
    Superfamily:  
Anomocaracea
    Family:  
Anomocaridae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Monkaspis KOBAYASHI, 1935
    Type Species:  
Anomocare daulis WALCOTT, 1913


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Fossil Image
Fig. 212, 6. *M. daulis (Walcott), Ch'ang-hia F., China, 6 a, b, cran., pyg., x2.5 (315*)"


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

E.Asia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Cam.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Cambrian Stage 4
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
512.3
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Cam.
    Ending International Stage:  
Guzhangian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
498.75


Description

"Cranidium like that of Macrotoxus but with shorter palpebral lobes, pygidium with interpleural furrows almost reaching edge and with marginal spines."




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