Mimetaster

Mimetaster
Temporal range:
Fossil specimens
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Marrellomorpha
Order: Marrellida
Family: Mimetasteridae
Genus: Mimetaster
Gürich, 1932
Type species
Mimaster hexagonalis
Gürich, 1931
Species
  • M. hexagonalis (Gürich, 1931) (type)
  • "M." florestaensis Aris et al., 2017
Synonyms

Mimaster Gürich, 1931 (preoccupied)

Mimetaster is an extinct genus of marrellomorph arthropod. The type species, Mimetaster hexagonalis is known from the Lower Devonian (Pragian-Emsian) Hunsrück Slate, and amongst the most common arthropods from the locality, with over 120 specimens including three juveniles.