Mimetaster

Mimetaster; Temporal range: Lower Devonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	†Marrellomorpha
Order:	†Marrellida
Family:	†Mimetasteridae
Genus:	Mimetaster
Species:	M. hexagonalis
Binomial name
	Mimetaster hexagonalis; Gürich, 1931

Mimetaster is a Devonian marrellomorph known from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate,^[1] and is the most common arthropod (trilobites excluded) from the locality, known from over 100 specimens including three juveniles.^[2] The animals probably lived in small groups.^[2]

References

↑ Stürmer, W; Bergström, J (1976). "The arthropods Mimetaster and Vachonisia from the Devonian Hunsrück Shale". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 50 (1): 78–111. doi:10.1007/bf03001974.
1 2 Kühl, G.; Rust, J. (2010). "Re-investigation of Mimetaster hexagonalis: a marrellomorph arthropod from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate (Germany)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 84: 397. doi:10.1007/s12542-009-0049-x.

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[1] Stürmer, W; Bergström, J (1976). "The arthropods Mimetaster and Vachonisia from the Devonian Hunsrück Shale". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 50 (1): 78–111. doi:10.1007/bf03001974.

[Kühl2010-2] 1 2 Kühl, G.; Rust, J. (2010). "Re-investigation of Mimetaster hexagonalis: a marrellomorph arthropod from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate (Germany)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 84: 397. doi:10.1007/s12542-009-0049-x.