Aquilonifer
Aquilonifer spinosus is an extinct species of arthropod from the Silurian period. It is known from a single fossil specimen found in the Wenlock Series Lagerstätte of Herefordshire, England, in rocks about 430 million years old. The 1 cm long specimen is a stem-group mandibulate, not directly related to any living species. The many-legged, eyeless adult has ten unusual tethered appendages, interpreted as juveniles attached to the parent, in a unique form and previously unknown brooding behaviour.
| Aquilonifer Temporal range: Wenlock ~ | |
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| Aquilonifer spinosus | |
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| (unranked): | stem-group Mandibulata |
| Genus: | Aquilonifer |
| Species: | A. spinosus |
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| Aquilonifer spinosus Briggs, Siveter, Siveter, Sutton & Legg 2016 | |
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