Biology:Acadiocaris
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Short description: Extinct genus of crustaceans
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Spelaeogriphacea |
| Family: | †Acadiocarididae |
| Genus: | †Acadiocaris Brooks, 1962 |
| Species: | †A. novascotica
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| Binomial name | |
| †Acadiocaris novascotica (Copeland, 1957)
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Acadiocaris is an extinct genus of malacostracan crustacean that existed in Canada during the Early Carboniferous. It was named by Copeland in 1957. It is the earliest known member of Spelaeogriphacea, which only has a handful of living species.[1]
References
- ↑ Shen Yan-bin, Rod S. Taylor & Frederick R. Schram (1998). "New spelaeogriphacean (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Upper Jurassic of China". Contributions to Zoology 68 (1): 19–36. doi:10.1163/18759866-06801002. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rod-Taylor-2/publication/254767268_A_new_spelaeogriphacean_Crustacea_Peracarida_from_the_Upper_Jurassic_of_China/links/55b8ea3c08ae092e965ab793/A-new-spelaeogriphacean-Crustacea-Peracarida-from-the-Upper-Jurassic-of-China.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q4671610 entry
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