Forfarella
Forfarella is a genus of chasmataspidid, a group of extinct aquatic arthropods. Fossils have been discovered in deposits of the Early Devonian period. The single and type species, "F. mitchelli", is known from one only specimen found in Scotland, in the United Kingdom. Known as BMNH In 60023, it is poorly preserved and its type locality is uncertain, although it might be the Kelly Den stream section near the village of Arbirlot.

"Forfarella" was very small, only reaching of length. It had a nearly rectangular head, with its eyes being unknown but possibly represented by a tubercle in the fossil. Its abdomen consisted of an almost trapezoidal preabdomen and a long, tapering postabdomen. The telson ("tail") is not preserved, but it was probably short. The appendages, known only from a few fragments, probably had swimming paddles that "Forfarella" used to swim actively.

The fossil of "Forfarella" was purchased in 1893 from a fossil collection. It was sent to the Natural History Museum in London. Decades later, in 1962, a paleontologist studied it and determined that it was a chasmataspidid, naming it "Forfarella mitchelli". However, the paleontologist never formally published his findings. It would not be until 1999 when a group of three other paleontologists formally described "Forfarella". Forming part of the family Diploaspididae, it was similar to "Diploaspis" and other Devonian genera, although it is speculated that "Forfarella" may have existed during the Silurian as well. It was a lacustrine animal, meaning that it lived in lakes.
Q34740
genus
Concept
Q1068066
chasmataspidid
Concept
Q123509
extinct
Concept
Q1360
arthropod
Concept
Q40614
Fossil
Concept
Q1987070
deposits
UNK
Q65955
Devonian
LOC
Q392928
period
Concept
Q252730
type species
Concept
Q22
Scotland
LOC
Q145
United Kingdom
LOC
Q47521
stream
Concept
Q532
village
Concept
Q4784709
Arbirlot
LOC
Q942537
eyes
Concept
Q469660
tubercle
UNK
None
abdomen
UNK
Q952557
telson
Concept
Q3133438
appendages
Concept
Q751806
actively
Concept
Q309388
Natural History Museum
LOC
Q84
London
LOC
Q7205
paleontologist
Concept
Q35409
family
Concept
None
Diploaspididae
UNK
None
Diploaspis
UNK
Q62412
Silurian
LOC
Q729
animal
Concept
Q23397
lake
Concept
Q19842642
Forfarella
Concept
Q19842642
Forfarella
Concept
Q19842642
Forfarella
Concept
Q19842642
Forfarella
Concept
Q19842642
Forfarella
Concept
Q19842642
Forfarella
Concept
Q19842642
Forfarella
Concept
1893-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1893
DATE
1962-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1962
DATE
1999-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1999
DATE
taxon rank
instance of
country
instance of