Tauricornicaris

Tauricornicaris Temporal range: Cambrian, 518  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	incertae sedis
Genus:	† Tauricornicaris Zeng et al., 2017
Species
†Tauricornicaris latizonaeZeng et al., 2017 †Tauricornicaris oxygonaeZeng et al. Zhu, 2017

Tauricornicaris is an extinct genus of giant arthropod known from the Cambrian Maotianshan Shales of China. The known fossils were initially interpreted as the head sclerites and swimming flaps of a hurdiid radiodont, ^[1] but are now interpreted as arthropod tergites. ^[2] It somewhat resembles Zhenghecaris , which led to the reassignment of the latter within Hurdiidae. However, as Tauricornicaris is no longer classified as a hurdiid, the placement of Zhenghecaris is uncertain. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

See also

• Maotianshan Shales
• Paleobiota of the Maotianshan Shales
• Hurdiidae

References

1. Zeng, Han; Zhao, Fangchen; Yin, Zongjun; Zhu, Maoyan (2 January 2018). "Morphology of diverse radiodontan head sclerites from the early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, south-west China". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (1): 1–37. Bibcode:2018JSPal..16....1Z. doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1263685.
2. Cong, Pei-Yun; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Daley, Allison C.; Guo, Jin; Pates, Stephen; Hou, Xian-Guang (2018). "New radiodonts with gnathobase-like structures from the Cambrian Chengjiang biota and implications for the systematics of Radiodonta". Papers in Palaeontology. 4 (4): 605–621. Bibcode:2018PPal....4..605C. doi:10.1002/spp2.1219. ISSN   2056-2802.
3. Guo, Jin; Pates, Stephen; Cong, Peiyun; Daley, Allison C.; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Chen, Taimin; Hou, Xianguang (2019). "A new radiodont (stem Euarthropoda) frontal appendage with a mosaic of characters from the Cambrian (Series 2 Stage 3) Chengjiang biota". Papers in Palaeontology. 5 (1): 99–110. Bibcode:2019PPal....5...99G. doi:10.1002/spp2.1231. ISSN   2056-2802.
4. "ZooBank.org". zoobank.org. Retrieved 2025-03-02.