Kockurus

Kockurus is a problematic genus of Cambrian arthropod, known from the Czech Republic, which bears some resemblance to the eurypterids, aglaspidids and chelicerates.^[1] It is diagnostic of a small and low-diversity fauna endemic to the area, which dwelt in brackish waters.^[1]

Kockurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	?Artiopoda
Order:	?Aglaspidida
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Kockurus Chlupáč, 1995
Species:	Kockurus grandis

Along with the very closely related Kodymirus, it is an enigmatic Cambrian arthropod whose precise taxonomic affinity is uncertain, but is best considered to be a stem-group or ally of the aglaspidids.^[2]