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Clypecaris

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Clypecaris
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: Hymenocarina
Genus: Clypecaris
Hou, 1999
Species
  • Clypecaris pteroidea Hou, 1999
  • 'Clypecaris serrata Yang et al, 2016

Clypecaris is genus of bivalved Cambrian arthropod known from the Chengjiang biota. The genus was initially described for the type species C. pteroidea by Hou, 1999.[1] A second species C. serrata was described by Yang et al in 2016.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hou, X.-G. New rare bivalved arthropods from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna, Yunnan, China. J. Paleontol. 73, 102–116 (1999)
  2. ^ Yang, Jie; Ortega-Hernández, Javier; Lan, Tian; Hou, Jin-bo; Zhang, Xi-guang (2016-06-10). "A predatory bivalved euarthropod from the Cambrian (Stage 3) Xiaoshiba Lagerstätte, South China". Scientific Reports. 6 (1). doi:10.1038/srep27709. ISSN 2045-2322.