Ramskoeldia

Ramskoeldia
Temporal range: Chengjiang–Middle Cambrian
Frontal appendages of R. platyacantha and R. consimilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Dinocaridida
Order: †Radiodonta
Clade: †Amplectobeluidae
Genus: †Ramskoeldia
Cong et al., 2018
Type species
Ramskoeldia platyacantha
Cong et al., 2018
Species
  • †R. platyacantha
    (Cong et al., 2018)
  • †R.? consimilis
    Cong et al., 2018

Ramskoeldia is a genus of amplectobeluid radiodont described in 2018. It was the second genus of radiodont found to possess gnathobase-like structures (abbreviated as GLS) and an atypical oral cone after Amplectobelua.[1] The type species, Ramskoeldia platyacantha, was discovered in the Chengjiang biota of China, the home of numerous radiodontids such as Amplectobelua and Lyrarapax.

  1. ^ Cong, Pei-Yun; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Daley, Allison C.; Guo, Jin; Pates, Stephen; Hou, Xian-Guang (2018). "New radiodonts with gnathobase-like structures from the Cambrian Chengjiang biota and implications for the systematics of Radiodonta". Papers in Palaeontology. 4 (4): 605–621. Bibcode:2018PPal....4..605C. doi:10.1002/spp2.1219. ISSN 2056-2802. S2CID 90258934.