Protocaris

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Protocaris
Protocaris marshi.png
P. marshi
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Protocaris

Walcott, 1884 [1]

Protocaris marshi is an extinct Cambrian arthropod[2] that superficially resembles branchiopod notostracan crustaceans of the genus Triops.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Charles Doolittle Walcott (1884). "On a new genus and species of Phyllopoda from the Middle Cambrian". On the Cambrian faunas of North America. Preliminary studies. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey. Vol. 10. USGS. pp. 50–51.
  2. ^ 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. Vol. 30. USGS. pp. 11–71.
  3. ^ H. M. Bernard (1894). "The systematic position of the trilobites". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 50 (1–4): 411–434. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1894.050.01-04.28. S2CID 128827572.


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