Pectocaris

Pectocaris spatiosa is a Cambrian arthropod from the Maotianshan Shale similar in form to the Burgess Shale crustaceomorph Odaraia.

Pectocaris
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca (?)
Order:
†Canadaspidida
Family:
†Odaraiidae

Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1975
Genus:
Pectocaris
Species:
P. spatiosa
Binomial name
Pectocaris spatiosa
Hou 1999
Synonyms

Odaraia? eurypetala Hou and Sun, 1988[1]

See also

References
  1. 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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