Dongshanocaris

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.[1] In 2013 Oxford University fellow[2] David Legg described it as "too poorly preserved to verify their identity as a valid taxa"[3]

Dongshanocaris
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Genus:
Dongshanocaris
Species:
D. foliiformis

Hou and Bergstrom, 1998

See also

References
  1. Hou, X., Bergstrfm, J., Wang, H., Feng, X., Chen, A., 1999. TheChengjiang Fauna. Yunnan Science and Technology Press,Kunming. 170 pp. (in Chinese with an English abstract).
  2. "David Legg | University of Oxford - Academia.edu". oxford.academia.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  3. Legg, David (2013). The impact of fossils on arthropod phylogeny (PDF). p. 58.


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