Biology:Protocaris

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Short description: Genus of small freshwater animals


Protocaris
Temporal range: Cambrian Series 2
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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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