Haikoucaris

Haikoucaris is genus of megacheiran Cambrian arthropod known from the Chengjiang biota. It is considered a close relative of Leanchoilia and other members of Leanchoiliidae.[1]

Haikoucaris
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Megacheira
Genus: Haikoucaris
Species:
H. ercaiensis
Binomial name
Haikoucaris ercaiensis
Chen et al, 2004

See also

References

  1. Aria, Cédric; Zhao, Fangchen; Zeng, Han; Guo, Jin; Zhu, Maoyan (December 2020). "Fossils from South China redefine the ancestral euarthropod body plan". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 20 (1): 4. doi:10.1186/s12862-019-1560-7. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 6950928. PMID 31914921.


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