Vladicaris is an arthropod known from the Lower Cambrian Paseky Shale member, Czech Republic, where it occurs alongside other arthropods, namely Kodymirus vagans and Kockurus grandis. It has been attributed to the Crustacea, and if it does indeed belong in the crown group of that subphylum, it would be the earliest known representative of the group.[2] Its position within the Crustacea is unclear – it has been allied with the Phyllocarida and the Branchiopoda.[2]
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| Genus: | Vladicaris Chlupáč, 1995[1]
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| Species: | V. subtilis
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| Vladicaris subtilis Chlupáč, 1995
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The organism has a segmented trunk and an elongate carapace – characters which have led to suggestions that it should be allied to the pectocaridids.[3]
References
edit- ^ Chlupáč, I., "Lower Cambrian arthropods from the Paseky Shale (Barrandian area, Czech Republic)", Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 40 (4): 9–36
- ^ a b Bergström, J.; Xian-guang, H. (2003), "Arthropod origins", Bulletin of Geosciences, 78 (4): 323–334
- ^ Xian-Guang Hou, Jan Bergström & Guang-Hui Xu (2004), "The Lower Cambrian crustacean Pectocaris from the Chengjiang Biota, Yunnan, China", Journal of Paleontology, 78 (4): 700–708, doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0700:TLCCPF>2.0.CO;2, JSTOR 4094899.
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