Welcome to the Crustaceans subsite on Invertebrate Paleontology!
Please enter a genera name to retrieve more information.
Cambria
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Archaeocopida
Family:
Hipponicharionidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cambria Neckaja & IVANOVA, 1956
Type Species:
C. sibirica
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 40, 1. ·C. sibirica; RV lat., X10 (Neckaja & Ivanova, 1956).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Sib.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cam.
Beginning International Stage:
Fortunian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
538.8
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cam.
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
40
Ending Date:
512.3
Description
Carapace large, Hinge line sinuous, shorter than length of valve, terminating in acute projections, plenate end regarded as anterior; terminal lobes extending downward from dorsal margin to about 0.5 height of valve, anterior one sickle-shaped, convex toward anterior; lobes separated by sulcate depression; elongate lobe paralleling ventral margin, perhaps analogous to velum of Palaeocopida. Surface may be papillate.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Archaeocopida
Family:
Hipponicharionidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cambria Neckaja & IVANOVA, 1956
Type Species:
C. sibirica
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 40, 1. ·C. sibirica; RV lat., X10 (Neckaja & Ivanova, 1956).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Sib.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cam.
Beginning International Stage:
Fortunian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
538.8
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cam.
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
40
Ending Date:
512.3
Description
Carapace large, Hinge line sinuous, shorter than length of valve, terminating in acute projections, plenate end regarded as anterior; terminal lobes extending downward from dorsal margin to about 0.5 height of valve, anterior one sickle-shaped, convex toward anterior; lobes separated by sulcate depression; elongate lobe paralleling ventral margin, perhaps analogous to velum of Palaeocopida. Surface may be papillate.