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Nectocotis
''Nectocotis rusmithi'' is an Ordovician nectocaridid, differing from ''Nectocaris ''Nectocaris'' is a genus of squid-like animal of controversial affinities known from the Cambrian period. The initial fossils were described from the Burgess Shale of Canada. Other similar remains possibly referrable to the genus are known from ...'' in the possession of an internal skeletal element. References Fossil taxa described in 2019 Late Ordovician animals Nectocarididae Ordovician animals of North America {{paleo-cephalopod-stub ...
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Nectocaridid
''Nectocaris'' is a genus of squid-like animal of controversial affinities known from the Cambrian period. The initial fossils were described from the Burgess Shale of Canada. Other similar remains possibly referrable to the genus are known from the Emu Bay Shale of Australia and Chengjiang Biota of China. ''Nectocaris'' was a free-swimming, predatory or scavenging organism. This lifestyle is reflected in its binomial name: ''Nectocaris'' means "swimming shrimp" (from the Ancient Greek , ', meaning "swimmer" and , ', "shrimp"; , ', means "wing"). Two morphs are known: a small morph, about an inch long, and a large morph, anatomically identical but around four times longer. Nectocaridids have controversial affinities. Some authors have suggested that they represent the earliest known cephalopods. However, their morphology is strongly dissimilar to confirmed early cephalopods, and thus their affinities to cephalopods and even to molluscs more broadly are rejected by most authors ...
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Nectocaris
''Nectocaris'' is a genus of squid-like animal of controversial affinities known from the Cambrian period. The initial fossils were described from the Burgess Shale of Canada. Other similar remains possibly referrable to the genus are known from the Emu Bay Shale of Australia and Chengjiang Biota of China. ''Nectocaris'' was a free-swimming, predatory or scavenging organism. This lifestyle is reflected in its binomial name: ''Nectocaris'' means "swimming shrimp" (from the Ancient Greek , ', meaning "swimmer" and , ', "shrimp"; , ', means "wing"). Two morphs are known: a small morph, about an inch long, and a large morph, anatomically identical but around four times longer. Nectocaridids have controversial affinities. Some authors have suggested that they represent the earliest known cephalopods. However, their morphology is strongly dissimilar to confirmed early cephalopods, and thus their affinities to cephalopods and even to molluscs more broadly are rejected by most authors. T ...
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Nectocarididae
''Nectocaris'' is a genus of squid-like animal of controversial affinities known from the Cambrian period. The initial fossils were described from the Burgess Shale of Canada. Other similar remains possibly referrable to the genus are known from the Emu Bay Shale of Australia and Chengjiang Biota of China. ''Nectocaris'' was a free-swimming, predatory or scavenging organism. This lifestyle is reflected in its binomial name: ''Nectocaris'' means "swimming shrimp" (from the Ancient Greek , ', meaning "swimmer" and , ', "shrimp"; , ', means "wing"). Two morphs are known: a small morph, about an inch long, and a large morph, anatomically identical but around four times longer. Nectocaridids have controversial affinities. Some authors have suggested that they represent the earliest known cephalopods. However, their morphology is strongly dissimilar to confirmed early cephalopods, and thus their affinities to cephalopods and even to molluscs more broadly are rejected by most authors. ...
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Fossil Taxa Described In 2019
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in amber, hair, petrified wood and DNA remnants. The totality of fossils is known as the ''fossil record''. Paleontology is the study of fossils: their age, method of formation, and evolutionary significance. Specimens are usually considered to be fossils if they are over 10,000 years old. The oldest fossils are around 3.48 billion years old to 4.1 billion years old. Early edition, published online before print. The observation in the 19th century that certain fossils were associated with certain rock strata led to the recognition of a geological timescale and the relative ages of different fossils. The development of radiometric dating techniques in the early 20th century allowed scientists to quantitatively measure the absolute ...
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Late Ordovician Animals
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