| Tauricornicaris Temporal range: Cambrian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Tauricornicaris Zeng et al., 2017 |
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Tauricornicaris is an extinct genus of giant arthropod known from the Cambrian Maotianshan Shales of China. The known fossils were initially interpreted as the head sclerites and swimming flaps of a hurdiid radiodont,[1] but are now interpreted as arthropod tergites.[2] It somewhat resembles Zhenghecaris, which led to the reassignment of the latter within Hurdiidae. However, as Tauricornicaris is no longer classified as a hurdiid, the placement of Zhenghecaris is uncertain.[1][3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Zeng, Han; Zhao, Fangchen; Yin, Zongjun; Zhu, Maoyan (2 January 2018). "Morphology of diverse radiodontan head sclerites from the early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, south-west China". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (1): 1–37. Bibcode:2018JSPal..16....1Z. doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1263685.
- ^ Cong, Pei-Yun; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Daley, Allison C.; Guo, Jin; Pates, Stephen; Hou, Xian-Guang (2018). "New radiodonts with gnathobase-like structures from the Cambrian Chengjiang biota and implications for the systematics of Radiodonta". Papers in Palaeontology. 4 (4): 605–621. Bibcode:2018PPal....4..605C. doi:10.1002/spp2.1219. ISSN 2056-2802.
- ^ Guo, Jin; Pates, Stephen; Cong, Peiyun; Daley, Allison C.; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Chen, Taimin; Hou, Xianguang (2019). "A new radiodont (stem Euarthropoda) frontal appendage with a mosaic of characters from the Cambrian (Series 2 Stage 3) Chengjiang biota". Papers in Palaeontology. 5 (1): 99–110. Bibcode:2019PPal....5...99G. doi:10.1002/spp2.1231. ISSN 2056-2802.
- ^ "ZooBank.org". zoobank.org. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
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