Thylacares

Thylacares; Temporal range: Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	T. brandonensis reconstruction (top) and assorted fossils (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Thylacocephala
Genus:	Thylacares
Species:	T. brandonensis
Binomial name
	Thylacares brandonensis; Haug et. al., 2014

Thylacares is a genus of Thylacocephalan containing only the single species Thylacares brandonensis. Found in Silurian period strata from the Brandon Bridge Formation in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S., the species is distinguishable from other Thylacocephalans by its smaller raptorial appendages and compound eyes. The body is fully encased in a bivalve shell, with only the eyes protruding on stalks. The species' trunk is composed of about 22 segments.[1]

References

Haug, Carolin; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Mikulic, Donald G.; Kluessendorf, Joanne; Haug, Joachim T. (22 August 2014). "The implications of a Silurian and other thylacocephalan crustaceans for the functional morphology and systematic affinities of the group". BMC Evolutionary Biology. BioMed Central. 14 (159): 159. doi:10.1186/s12862-014-0159-2. PMC 4448278. PMID 25927449. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

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[1] Haug, Carolin; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Mikulic, Donald G.; Kluessendorf, Joanne; Haug, Joachim T. (22 August 2014). "The implications of a Silurian and other thylacocephalan crustaceans for the functional morphology and systematic affinities of the group". BMC Evolutionary Biology. BioMed Central. 14 (159): 159. doi:10.1186/s12862-014-0159-2. PMC 4448278. PMID 25927449. Retrieved 25 August 2014.