Dongshanocaris

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Dongshanocaris
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Genus:
†Dongshanocaris
Species:
†D. foliiformis

Hou, Bergström, Wang, Feng & Chen, 1999

Dongshanocaris is genus of Cambrian arthropod known for being a member of the Chengjiang biota, containing the single species D. foliiformis. It was described by Hou and Bergstrom in 1999. [1] In 2013 Oxford University fellow [2] David Legg described it as "too poorly preserved to verify their identity as a valid taxa". [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Hou, X.; Bergstrom, J.; Wang, H.; Feng, X.; Chen, A. (1999). "The Chengjiang Fauna" (in Chinese). Kunming: Yunnan Science and Technology Press: 170.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ "David Legg | University of Oxford - Academia.edu". oxford.academia.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  3. ↑ Legg, David (2013). The impact of fossils on arthropod phylogeny (PDF). p. 58.


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