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Inflectoculus cleidophylax
“small-curved key-guardian”- Kingdom
- Microsynthera
- Phylum
- Plasticae
- Class
- Occlupanida
- Order
- Orthogonidectes
- Family
- Archignathidae
- Genus
- Inflectoculus
- Species
- cleidophylax
- External morphology
Size 21.5 mm x 22.3 mm. Two squared-off processes on lateral edges. Corners beveled but contain slight sine curve. Specimen found with large attached tag bearing words “MECA”
Discovered by R. Schneider in a car repair shop in Norway. It had a firm grip on a set of automobile keys. The attachment to a metallic instead of plastic host is a significant find that may link it to some of the minute archignathans found on watch dials.