Mimetaster Temporal range: Lower Devonian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
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 Shale, and is the most common arthropod (trilobites excluded) from the locality, known from over 100 specimens including three juveniles. The animals probably lived in small groups.