Pectocaris
Pectocaris spatiosa is a Cambrian arthropod from the Maotianshan Shale similar in form to the Burgess Shale crustaceomorph Odaraia.
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| Class: | Malacostraca (?) |
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| Family: | †Odaraiidae Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1975 |
| Genus: | Pectocaris |
| Species: | P. spatiosa |
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| Pectocaris spatiosa Hou 1999 | |
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See also
- Arthropod
- Cambrian explosion
- Chengjiang biota
References
- XIAN-GUANG HOU, JAN BERGSTRÖM and GUANG-HUI XU (July 2004). "THE LOWER CAMBRIAN CRUSTACEAN PECTOCARIS FROM THE CHENGJIANG BIOTA, YUNNAN, CHINA". Journal of Paleontology. 78 (4): 700–708. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0700:tlccpf>2.0.co;2.
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