Dibasterium
Dibasterium is an extinct genus of euchelicerate, a group of chelicerate arthropods. Fossils of the single and type species, "D. durgae", have been discovered in deposits of the Middle Silurian period (Homerian age) in Herefordshire, England (in the United Kingdom). The name of the genus is derived from the Latin words "dibamos" ("on two legs") and "" ("mystery"), meaning "mystery on two legs" and referring to its prosomal (of the head) limbs. The species name "durgae" comes from Durga, a Hindu goddess with many arms.
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extinct
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genus
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euchelicerate
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Q1359
chelicerate
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Q1360
arthropods
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type species
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Silurian
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Homerian
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Herefordshire
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England
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United Kingdom
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prosoma
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limbs
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Q7432
species
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Q382973
Durga
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Hindu goddess
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Dibasterium
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