Dongshanocaris is genus of Cambrian arthropod known for being a member of the Chengjiang biota, containing the single species D. foliiformis. It was described by Hou and Bergstrom in 1999.[1] In 2013 Oxford University fellow[2] David Legg described it as "too poorly preserved to verify their identity as a valid taxa".[3]
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| Genus: | †Dongshanocaris
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| Species: | †D. foliiformis Hou, Bergström, Wang, Feng & Chen, 1999
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References
edit- ^ Hou, X.; Bergstrom, J.; Wang, H.; Feng, X.; Chen, A. (1999). "The Chengjiang Fauna" (in Chinese). Kunming: Yunnan Science and Technology Press: 170.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "David Legg | University of Oxford - Academia.edu". oxford.academia.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ Legg, David (2013). The impact of fossils on arthropod phylogeny (PDF). p. 58.
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