Biology:Douglasocaris
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Short description: Genus of small freshwater animals
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| Holotype of Douglasocaris collinsi, from the Douglas Lake Member of Lenoir Limestone, at Douglas Dam, Tennessee[1] 1956. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Genus: | Douglasocaris Caster & Brooks 1956<[1]
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| Douglasocaris collinsi Caster & Brooks 1956
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Douglasocaris is a genus of bivalved arthropod from the Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian, 460 million years old) Douglas Lake Member of the Lenoir Limestone from Douglas Dam Tennessee.[2]
Description
Douglasocaris has alternatively been considered a phyllocarid or a notostracan.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Caster, K.E., and Brooks, H.K. (1956). "New fossils from the Canadian-Chazyan (Ordovician) hiatus in Tennessee". Bulletins of American Paleontology 36: 157–199.
- ↑ Retallack, G.J. (2019). "Ordovician land plants and fungi from Douglas Dam, Tennessee". The Palaeobotanist 68: 1–33.
- ↑ Briggs, Derek E.G.; Liu, Huaibao P.; McKay, Robert M.; Witzke, Brian J. (November 2015). "Bivalved arthropods from the Middle Ordovician Winneshiek Lagerstätte, Iowa, USA" (in en). Journal of Paleontology 89 (6): 991–1006. doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.76. ISSN 0022-3360. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022336015000761/type/journal_article.
Wikidata ☰ Q100707268 entry
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