Kockurus

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

Last updated August 13, 2025

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

1 2 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.

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[Chlupac1995-1] 1 2 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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