Mimetaster

Name: Mimetaster.
Phonetic: Mi-me-ta-ser.
Named By: W.‭ ‬St�rmer‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Bergstr�m‭ ‬-‭ ‬1976.
Classification: Animalia,‭ ‬Arthropoda,‭ ‬Marrellomorpha,‭ ‬Marrellida,‭ ‬Mimetasteridae.
Species: M.‭ ‬hexagonalis‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬florestaensis.
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Roughly about‭ ‬5‭ ‬-‭ ‬6‭ ‬centimetres across.‭
Known locations: Argentina‭ ‬Floresta Formation.‭ ‬Germany‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hunsr�ck Slate.
Time period: Early Devonian.
Fossil representation: Well over‭ ‬100‭ ‬individuals.

       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 Slate‭ (‬Germany‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Pal�ontologische Zeitschrift.‭ ‬84:‭ ‬397.‭ ‬-‭ ‬G.‭ ‬K�hl‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Rust‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.



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