Primicaris

Primicaris; Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Genus:	†Primicaris
Species:	†P. larvaformis; Zhang et al 2003

Primicaris is genus of Cambrian arthropod from the Chengjiang biota, containing the single species P. larvaformis. Its specimens were once thought to be meraspids of Naraoia spinosa.^[1] It is also known from the Burgess Shale, its phylogenetic position has been described as "problematic".^[2]

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^ Zhang, Xing-Liang; Han, Jian; Zhang, Zhi-Fei; Liu, Hu-Qin; Shu, De-Gan (May 2003). "Reconsideration of the supposed naraoiid larva from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstatte, South China". Palaeontology. 46 (3): 447–465. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00307. ISSN 0031-0239.
^ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Gaines, Robert R.; Aria, Cédric; Mángano, M. Gabriela; Streng, Michael (2014-02-11). "A new phyllopod bed-like assemblage from the Burgess Shale of the Canadian Rockies". Nature Communications. 5 (1): 3210. doi:10.1038/ncomms4210. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 24513643.

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[1] Zhang, Xing-Liang; Han, Jian; Zhang, Zhi-Fei; Liu, Hu-Qin; Shu, De-Gan (May 2003). "Reconsideration of the supposed naraoiid larva from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstatte, South China". Palaeontology. 46 (3): 447–465. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00307. ISSN 0031-0239.

[2] Caron, Jean-Bernard; Gaines, Robert R.; Aria, Cédric; Mángano, M. Gabriela; Streng, Michael (2014-02-11). "A new phyllopod bed-like assemblage from the Burgess Shale of the Canadian Rockies". Nature Communications. 5 (1): 3210. doi:10.1038/ncomms4210. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 24513643.

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