Kockurus

Kockurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	?Artiopoda
Order:	?Aglaspidida
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Kockurus; Chlupáč, 1995
Species:	K. grandis
Binomial name
	Kockurus grandis; Chlupáč, 1995

Kockurus is a problematic genus of Cambrian arthropod, known from the Czech Republic, which bears some resemblance to the eurypterids, aglaspidids and chelicerates.¹ It is diagnostic of a small and low-diversity fauna endemic to the area, which dwelt in brackish waters.¹

Along with the very closely related Kodymirus, it is an enigmatic Cambrian arthropod whose precise taxonomic affinity is uncertain, but is best considered to be a stem-group or ally of the aglaspidids.²

References

Chlupáč, I. "Lower Cambrian arthropods from the Paseky Shale (Barrandian area, Czech Republic)". Journal of the Czech Geological Society. 40 (4): 9–36. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
Van Roy, P. (2005). "An aglaspidid arthropod from the Upper Ordovician of Morocco with remarks on the affinities and limitations of Aglaspidida". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences. 96 (4): 327–350. doi:10.1017/S0263593300001334.

[Chlupac1995-1] Chlupáč, I. "Lower Cambrian arthropods from the Paseky Shale (Barrandian area, Czech Republic)". Journal of the Czech Geological Society. 40 (4): 9–36. Retrieved 2012-08-21.

[2] Van Roy, P. (2005). "An aglaspidid arthropod from the Upper Ordovician of Morocco with remarks on the affinities and limitations of Aglaspidida". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences. 96 (4): 327–350. doi:10.1017/S0263593300001334.

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