Nectocotis

Nectocotis rusmithi is an Ordovician nectocaridid, differing from Nectocaris in the possession of an internal skeletal element.[2]

Nectocotis
Temporal range: Katian
Type specimen (from Smith, 2019[1])
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca (?)
Family: †Nectocarididae
Genus: †Nectocotis
Smith, 2020
Species:
†N. rusmithi
Binomial name
†Nectocotis rusmithi
Smith, 2020

References
  1. Smith, M. R. (2019). "High resolution photographs of Nectocotis rusmithi". Figshare (Data Set). doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3953191.
  2. Smith, Martin R. (2020). "An Ordovician nectocaridid hints at an endocochleate origin of Cephalopoda". Journal of Paleontology. 94: 64–69. doi:10.1017/jpa.2019.57.


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