Primicaris

Primicaris is genus of Cambrian arthropod from the Chengjiang biota, containing the single species P. larvaformis. Its specimens were once thought to be meraspids of Naraoia spinosa.[1] It is also known from the Burgess Shale, its phylogenetic position has been described as "problematic".[2]

Primicaris
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Genus:
Primicaris
Species:
P. larvaformis

Zhang et al 2003

See also

References
  1. Zhang, Xing-Liang; Han, Jian; Zhang, Zhi-Fei; Liu, Hu-Qin; Shu, De-Gan (May 2003). "Reconsideration of the supposed naraoiid larva from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstatte, South China". Palaeontology. 46 (3): 447–465. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00307. ISSN 0031-0239.
  2. Caron, Jean-Bernard; Gaines, Robert R.; Aria, Cédric; Mángano, M. Gabriela; Streng, Michael (2014-02-11). "A new phyllopod bed-like assemblage from the Burgess Shale of the Canadian Rockies". Nature Communications. 5 (1): 3210. doi:10.1038/ncomms4210. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 24513643.


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