| Dongshanocaris Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| 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. In 2013 Oxford University fellow David Legg described it as "too poorly preserved to verify their identity as a valid taxa".
See also
References
- Hou, X.; Bergstrom, J.; Wang, H.; Feng, X.; Chen, A. (1999). "The Chengjiang Fauna" (in Chinese). Kunming: Yunnan Science and Technology Press: 170.
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- Legg, David (2013). The impact of fossils on arthropod phylogeny (PDF). p. 58.
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