Skaracarida

Skaracarida; Temporal range: Upper Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Maxillopoda
Order:	†Skaracarida; Müller & Walossek, 1985
Family:	†Skaraidae; Müller & Walossek, 1985
Genus:	†Skara; Müller, 1983

Skara is a genus of maxillopod crustacean known from the Upper Cambrian Orsten deposit of Sweden and similarly aged deposits in China.^[2] It is the only genus in the order Skaracarida and family Skaraidae, and contains three species:^[3]

Skara anulata Müller, 1983
Skara minuta Müller & Walossek, 1985
Skara huanensis Liu & Dong, 2007

The feeding system of Skara resembles those of copepods and , and the three taxa are accordingly grouped together as the clade .^[4] Skara is likely to have scraped or brushed the substrate to release food.^[5]

References[]

^ K. J. Müller & D. Walossek (1985). "Skaracarida, a new order of Crustacea from the Upper Cambrian of Västergötland, Sweden" (PDF). . 17: 1–65.
^ Liu Jie & Dong Xiping (2007). "Skara hunanensis a new species of Skaracarida (Crustacea) from Upper Cambrian (Furongian) of Human, south China". . 17 (8): 934–942. doi:10.1080/10002007088537494.
^ "Skaracarida Müller & Walossek, 1985". Centre of 'Orsten' Research and Exploration. February 25, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
^ Joachim T. Haug; Jørgen Olesen; Andreas Maas & Dieter Waloszek (2011). "External morphology and post-embryonic development of Derocheilocaris remanei (Mystacocarida) revisited, with a comparison to the Cambrian taxon Skara". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 31 (4): 668–692. doi:10.1651/11-3481.1.
^ Mats E. Eriksson; Fredrik Terfelt; Rolf Elofsson & Federica Marone (2012). "Internal soft-tissue anatomy of Cambrian 'Orsten' arthropods as revealed by synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy". PLoS ONE. 7 (8): e42582. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...742582E. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042582. PMC 3411623. PMID 22870334.

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[1] K. J. Müller & D. Walossek (1985). "Skaracarida, a new order of Crustacea from the Upper Cambrian of Västergötland, Sweden" (PDF). . 17: 1–65.

[2] Liu Jie & Dong Xiping (2007). "Skara hunanensis a new species of Skaracarida (Crustacea) from Upper Cambrian (Furongian) of Human, south China". . 17 (8): 934–942. doi:10.1080/10002007088537494.

[3] "Skaracarida Müller & Walossek, 1985". Centre of 'Orsten' Research and Exploration. February 25, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2013.

[Haug2011-4] Joachim T. Haug; Jørgen Olesen; Andreas Maas & Dieter Waloszek (2011). "External morphology and post-embryonic development of Derocheilocaris remanei (Mystacocarida) revisited, with a comparison to the Cambrian taxon Skara". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 31 (4): 668–692. doi:10.1651/11-3481.1.

[5] Mats E. Eriksson; Fredrik Terfelt; Rolf Elofsson & Federica Marone (2012). "Internal soft-tissue anatomy of Cambrian 'Orsten' arthropods as revealed by synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy". PLoS ONE. 7 (8): e42582. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...742582E. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042582. PMC 3411623. PMID 22870334.

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