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Kleptothule rasmusseni
Taxonomy
Kleptothule rasmusseni was named by Budd (1995). Its type specimen is MGUH 22.355, an exoskeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Sirius Passet, Buen Fm, which is in an Atdabanian open shallow subtidal shale in the Buen Formation of Greenland. It is the type species of Kleptothule.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Kleptothule rasmusseni Budd pp. 4-8 figs. figs. 3a, d-f, 4, 5 |
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†Kleptothule rasmusseni Budd 1995
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G. E. Budd 1995 | Trilobite-like arthropod with ogival cephalic region probably containing five segments, one of which is occipital. Parallel-sided and trilobed thoracic region with about 27 segments. Caudal region with at least 20 poorly-defined ankylosed segments. |