Komaspidella
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| Komaspidella Temporal range: Dresbachian[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Corynexochida |
| Genus: | †Komaspidella Kobayashi, 1938 |
Komaspidella is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived from 501 to 490 million years ago during the Dresbachian faunal stage of the late Cambrian Period.[1]
Members of the genus are thought to have been fast moving low level carnivores and lived primarily in the ocean and on the shores of modern-day Canada and the northern United States.[2]
The closest relatives of the members of Komaspidella are the members of the genus Ataktaspis. Komaspidella are thought to have has a smooth exoskeleton.[3]
