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Revision as of 00:54, 17 January 2008

Asmussia
Temporal range: Devonian
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Asmussia
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A. murchisoniana
Binomial name
Asmussia murchisoniana

Asmussia murchisoniana was a Devonian crustacean of the class Branchiopoda. Like other clam shrimps, Asmussia had a bivalved shell, which was its only preserved part, about 3 mm long. It probably was a filter feeder or a scavenger.

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Asmussia