Yunnanocaris
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Genus: | † Hou, 1999 |
| Species: | †Y. megista
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| †Yunnanocaris megista Hou, 1999
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Yunnanocaris megista is a species of Cambrian bivalved arthropod known from the Chengjiang biota and described by Hou Xianguang in 1999. It is known only from isolated carapaces and its soft anatomy remains unknown. The classification of Yunnanocaris is uncertain, although its carapace has been noted to be similar to that of other Cambrian bivalved arthropods such as Chuandianella.[1][2] In a 2018 redescription of Waptia, Yunnanocaris was proposed to be a member of Hymenocarina, a group of mandibulate bivalved arthropods.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Xian-Guang, Hou (January 1999). "New rare bivalved arthropods from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna, Yunnan, China". Journal of Paleontology. 73 (1): 102–116. doi:10.1017/S002233600002758X. ISSN 0022-3360.
- ^ Vannier, Jean; Huang, Diying; Charbonnier, Sylvain; Xiu-Qiang, Wang; Chen, Jun-Yuan (June 2006). "The Early Cambrian origin of thylacocephalan arthropods". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 51 (2): 201–214.
- ^ Vannier, Jean; Aria, Cédric; Taylor, Rod S.; Caron, Jean-Bernard (June 2018). "Waptia fieldensis Walcott, a mandibulate arthropod from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale". Royal Society Open Science. 5 (6): 172206. Bibcode:2018RSOS....572206V. doi:10.1098/rsos.172206. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 6030330. PMID 30110460.
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