chasmataspidid

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noun

Any of the Chasmataspidida, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods.

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nounchasmataspidid (plural chasmataspidids)

plural chasmataspidids

  1. biologyAny of the Chasmataspidida, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods.

    The sixth prosomal appendage is modified in both xiphosurids and chasmataspidids for use in locomotion or burrowing.

    2015 September 1, James C. Lamsdell et al., “The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa”, in BMC Evolutionary Biology, volume 15, →DOI
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