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Lingulocaris

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Malacostraca
    Subclass:  
Phyllocarida
    Order:  
NonphyIIocarid and uncertain genera
    Superfamily:  
NonphyIIocarid - Genera uncertain
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Lingulocaris Salter in RAMSAY, 1866
    Type Species:  
*L. lingulaecomes, OD, M


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Geographic Distribution

G.Brit.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Cam.
    Beginning International Stage:  
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
    Beginning Date:  
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Ord.
    Ending International Stage:  
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
    Ending Date:  


Description

Thin bivalve shell with slight umbo, concentrically striate, ?ribeiroiid or Bivalvia. [Refers to type-species and Modialocaris only. Other Lower Ordovician species referred to this genus are based on elongate carapaces resembling Hymenocaris. Further knowledge of these is needed before establishing a separate genus. The body segments shown on PEACH'S restoration of M odioloearis are imaginary; the holotype shows only a fracture plane.]




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