In Depth Mimetaster is a genus of arthropod that lived during the early Devonian period. Further Reading - The arthropods Mimetaster and Vachonisia from the Devonian Hunsr�ck Shale. - Pal�ontologische Zeitschrift. 50 (1): 78–111. - W. St�rmer & J. Bergstr�m - 1976. - Re-investigation of Mimetaster hexagonalis: a marrellomorph arthropod from the Lower Devonian Hunsr�ck … Read more
In Depth Molaria is a genus of arthropod that lived around North America during the Cambrian. Further Reading - Middle Cambrian Branchiopoda, Malacostraca, Trilobita and Merostomata. - Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 57: 145–228. - C. D. Walcott - 1912. - Rare Arthropods from the Burgess Shale, Middle Cambrian, British Columbia. - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal … Read more
In Depth The easiest way to describe Chimerarachne is as a spider with a tail, a tail similar to those seen in some whip scorpions. However, most researchers agree that while Chimerarachne looks similar to a spider it probably wasn’t a ‘true’ spider. Instead, Chimerarachne represents group of arachnids that might have had a shared … Read more