Biology:Protocaris

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Short description: Genus of small freshwater animals


Protocaris
Temporal range: Cambrian Series 2
P. marshi
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Protocarididae
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Protocaris
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Protocaris marshi

Protocaris marshi is an extinct species of bivalved arthropod known from a single specimen collected from the Cambrian Series 2 aged Parker Formation from the Parker Quarry of northwestern Vermont, United States[1][2] It is now recognised as a hymenocarine belonging to the family Protocarididae.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Charles Doolittle Walcott (1886). "Introductory observations". Second contribution to the studies on the Cambrian faunas of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey. 30. USGS. pp. 11–71. https://books.google.com/books?id=wikrAAAAYAAJ. 
  2. ↑ Pari, Giovanni; Briggs, Derek E.G.; Gaines, Robert R. (2022-02-16). "The soft-bodied biota of the Cambrian Series 2 Parker Quarry Lagerstätte of northwestern Vermont, USA". Journal of Paleontology 96 (4): 770–790. doi:10.1017/jpa.2021.125. ISSN 0022-3360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2021.125. 
  3. ↑ Aria, Cédric; Caron, Jean-Bernard (2017-04-26). "Burgess Shale fossils illustrate the origin of the mandibulate body plan". Nature 545 (7652): 89–92. doi:10.1038/nature22080. ISSN 0028-0836. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature22080. 

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