Pseudoangustidontus

Pseudoangustidontus; Temporal range: Late Tremadocian,
	Fossil appendages of Pseudoangustidontus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Pseudoangustidontus
Species:	†P. duplospineus
Binomial name
	†Pseudoangustidontus duplospineus; Van Roy & Tetlie, 2006

Pseudoangustidontus, meaning “false narrow toothed”, is a genus of enigmatic arthropod from the Lower Ordovician of Morocco.[1][2] This animal is only known from the Fezouata Formation, a fossil site in Morocco that is of Lagerstätte status, meaning that the fossils from this site are exceptionally preserved.[3] The only known fossils of this genus are isolated appendages that bore copious amounts of spines. Because of this, the taxonomy of this arthropod remains a heated debate, with possible suggestions of this creatures affinity being with the eurypterids, radiodonts, or crustaceans.[1]

References

Van Roy, Peter; Tetlie, O. Erik (2006). "A spinose appendage fragment of a problematic arthropod from the Early Ordovician of Morocco". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 51 (2): 239–246.
Martin, Emmanuel L.O.; Pittet, Bernard; Gutiérrez-Marco, Juan-Carlos; Vannier, Jean; El Hariri, Khadija; Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy; Masrour, Moussa; Nowak, Hendrik; Servais, Thomas; Vandenbroucke, Thijs R.A.; Van Roy, Peter; Vaucher, Romain; Lefebvre, Bertrand (2016). "The Lower Ordovician Fezouata Konservat-Lagerstätte from Morocco: Age, environment and evolutionary perspectives". Gondwana Research. 34: 274–283. Bibcode:2016GondR..34..274M. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2015.03.009. ISSN 1342-937X.
Van Roy, P.; Orr, P. J.; Botting, J. P.; Muir, L. A.; Vinther, J.; Lefebvre, B.; Hariri, K. E.; Briggs, D. E. G. (2010). "Ordovician faunas of Burgess Shale type". Nature. 465 (7295): 215–8. Bibcode:2010Natur.465..215V. doi:10.1038/nature09038. PMID 20463737. S2CID 4313285.

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[:0-1] Van Roy, Peter; Tetlie, O. Erik (2006). "A spinose appendage fragment of a problematic arthropod from the Early Ordovician of Morocco". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 51 (2): 239–246.

[MartinPittet2016-2] Martin, Emmanuel L.O.; Pittet, Bernard; Gutiérrez-Marco, Juan-Carlos; Vannier, Jean; El Hariri, Khadija; Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy; Masrour, Moussa; Nowak, Hendrik; Servais, Thomas; Vandenbroucke, Thijs R.A.; Van Roy, Peter; Vaucher, Romain; Lefebvre, Bertrand (2016). "The Lower Ordovician Fezouata Konservat-Lagerstätte from Morocco: Age, environment and evolutionary perspectives". Gondwana Research. 34: 274–283. Bibcode:2016GondR..34..274M. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2015.03.009. ISSN 1342-937X.

[DeRoy2010-3] Van Roy, P.; Orr, P. J.; Botting, J. P.; Muir, L. A.; Vinther, J.; Lefebvre, B.; Hariri, K. E.; Briggs, D. E. G. (2010). "Ordovician faunas of Burgess Shale type". Nature. 465 (7295): 215–8. Bibcode:2010Natur.465..215V. doi:10.1038/nature09038. PMID 20463737. S2CID 4313285.