Laminacaris
Genus of extinct arthropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laminacaris is a genus of extinct stem-group arthropods (Radiodonta) that lived during the Cambrian period. It is monotypic with a single species Laminacaris chimera, the fossil of which was described from the Chengjiang biota of China in 2018.[1] Around the same time, two specimens that were similar or of the same species were discovered at the Kinzers Formation in Pennsylvania, USA.[2] The first specimens from China were three frontal appendages, without the other body parts.
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Laminacaris chimera | |
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Frontal appendage | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Dinocaridida |
Order: | †Radiodonta |
Family: | †Anomalocarididae |
Genus: | †Laminacaris Guo et al., 2018 |
Species: | †L. chimera |
Binomial name | |
†Laminacaris chimera Guo et al., 2018 | |
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