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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
Images
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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."
References
Museum or Author Information
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
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
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."