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Australimicola
Genus of ancient aquatic arthropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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