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Aaveqaspis

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outline. The axis is about 20% of the width of the cephalon. The cephalon is half-round, and almost twice as wide as long (along the axis). The (posterolateral) corners of the cephalon are acute, ending in short stout spines. The back margin of the cephalon from the spine to the midline has in the pleural region a forward angle and is first concave, then convex, then concave again, attaining a backward angle when reaching the axis, and finally convex, with a small node or median spine reaching the back margin. This pattern is repeated with all thorax segments. Antennae are not known. Dorsal eyes are absent. The thorax segments are each about 1.5 millimetres (0.06 in) along the axis. The tail shield is dominated by a pair of large segmental marginal spines, reminiscent of large (or macropleural) spines in the thorax and of pygidial spines of certain trilobites. The one node it carries is larger and more sharply defined than the nodes on the segments. The frontal border of the tail shield is convex and curves laterally into the large spines which extend postero-laterally, constituting half the total body length. The back margin of the spines is concave and merges into the second pair of short, broad, triangular spines. Body parts on the belly (or ventral) side are not known, including any appendages.
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is almost flat (dorso-ventrally). Its body is narrowly oval in general outline, disregarding the two large spines. The upper non-calcified (or dorsal) side of the body consists of a cephalon, 5 thorax segments, and a pygidium. The axis is slightly raised, but without a discernible furrow defining its
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was probably a marine bottom dweller, that lived in deeper water. This may be deduced from the dominance of eyeless forms and the absence of seaweeds at the collection site.
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also differs by having a lengthwise mid-ridge on cephalon and pygidium, and the pygidium lacks marginal spines.
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has five pairs of modest marginal spines, the 2 pairs of spines and one node in
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suggest its pygidium is a composite of only two segments.
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is isopygous, with 6 thorax segments instead of the 5 of
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of small (about 2.5 centimetres or 1.0 inch long) marine
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has been collected from the Lower Cambrian (Atdabanian)
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of unclear affiliation, that lived during the early
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Scientific classification
Animalia
Arthropoda
incertae sedis
Binomial name
genus
arthropods
Cambrian
Fossil
Cambrian
Sirius Passet
fossil-Lagerstätte
trilobite
cephalon
pygidium
monotypic

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