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Stanleycaris
Extinct genus of basal hurdiid radiodonts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stanleycaris is an extinct, monotypic genus of hurdiid radiodont from the middle Cambrian (Miaolingian). The type species is Stanleycaris hirpex. Stanleycaris was described from the Stephen Formation near the Stanley Glacier[1] and Burgess Shale locality of Canada,[2] as well as Wheeler Formation of United States.[3] The genus was characterized by the rake-like frontal appendages with robust inner spines.[4][2]
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Stanleycaris | |
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Reconstruction of S. hirpex | |
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Complete specimen of S. hirpex | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Dinocaridida |
Order: | †Radiodonta |
Family: | †Hurdiidae |
Genus: | †Stanleycaris Pates, Daley & Ortega-Hernández, 2018 |
Species: | †S. hirpex |
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†Stanleycaris hirpex Pates, Daley & Ortega-Hernández, 2018 | |
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