Bunodes

Bunodes is a genus of synziphosurine, a paraphyletic group of fossil chelicerate arthropods.[3][4][5][2] Fossils of the single and type species, B. lunula, have been discovered in deposits of the Silurian period in Ludlow, England (in the United Kingdom).Bunodes is characterized by a vaulted carapace with radiated hump-like ridges.[7] the last 3 opisthosomal segments specialized into a narrow postabdomen and lacking tergopleurae (lateral extension of tergites).[7] Tubercles of various sizes covering most of the dorsal surface of both carapace and tergites.
PreꞒScientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaArthropodaChelicerataProsomapodaPlanatergaBunodidaeType speciesSynonymssynziphosurineparaphyleticcheliceratearthropodsFossilsdepositsSilurianperiodLudlowEnglandUnited KingdomfamilyLimuloidescarapaceopisthosomatergiteBibcodeNatural History Museum Bern