Plenocaris

Plenocaris
Temporal range: Chengjiang–Burgess shale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Clade:Crustaceomorpha
Order:†Waptiida
Family:†Waptiidae
Genus:†Plenocaris
Whittington 1974
Species: †P. plena
Binomial name
Plenocaris plena
Hou & Bergström 1997

Plenocaris plena is a crustacean-like arthropod with a bivalved carapace, and is known from the Burgess shale[1] and Chengjiang.[2] 106 specimens of Plenocaris are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.20% of the community.[3]

It probably lacked pleopods, but had uropods.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Whittington, Harry B. (1974), "Yohoia Walcott and Plenocaris n. Gen., arthropods from the Burgess Shale, Middle Cambrian, British Columbia", Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin: 1–21
  2. ↑ Hou, Xian-Guang; Bergström, J. (1997), "Arthropods of the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna, southwest China. Fossils & Strata", Fossils & Strata, Scandinavian University Press, 45: 116
  3. ↑ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–65. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022.
  4. ↑ Williamson, D. I.; Rice, A. L. (1996). "Larval Evolution in the Crustacea". Crustaceana. 69 (3): 267–287. doi:10.1163/156854096X00871.

Further reading

Briggs, D.E.G. (1983), Affinities and early evolution of the Crustacea: the evidence of the Cambrian fossils

  • "Plenocaris plena". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
  • Image of Plenocaris fossil
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