The enigmatic arthropod Duslia from the Ordovician of Czechoslovakia

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The enigmatic arthropod Duslia from the Ordovician of Czechoslovakia

  • Volume / Part: 31 / 3
  • Publication Date: August 1988
  • Page(s): 611 - 620
  • Authored By: Ivo Chlupáč

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A restudy of Duslia insignis Jahn, 1893 from the Upper Ordovician of the Barrandian area, Bohemia, indicates that this trilobate arthropod, originally referred to polyplacophorans, cannot be assigned to true trilobites but shows some morphological analogies with Cheloniellon, Pseudarthron, and Triopus. Duslia inhabited a nearshore shallow marine environment and was probably a benthic animal which lived buried in sandy substrate near the sediment-water interface.

Palaeontology - Volume 31 Part 3 Pages 611-620



Palaeontology - Volume 31 Part 3 Pages 611-620

Citations

CHLUPÁČ, I. 1988. The enigmatic arthropod Duslia from the Ordovician of Czechoslovakia. Palaeontology, 31, 3, 611–620.