Skaracarida Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Order: | †
Skaracarida Müller & Walossek, 1985 [1] |
Family: | †
Skaraidae Müller & Walossek, 1985 |
Genus: | †
Skara Müller, 1983 |
Skara is a genus of maxillopod crustacean known from the Upper Cambrian Orsten deposit of Sweden and similarly aged deposits in China. [2] It is the only genus in the order Skaracarida and family Skaraidae, and contains three species: [3]
The feeding system of Skara resembles those of copepods and Derocheilocaris, and the three taxa are accordingly grouped together as the clade Copepodoida. [4] Skara is likely to have scraped or brushed the substrate to release food. [5]
Skaracarida Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Order: | †
Skaracarida Müller & Walossek, 1985 [1] |
Family: | †
Skaraidae Müller & Walossek, 1985 |
Genus: | †
Skara Müller, 1983 |
Skara is a genus of maxillopod crustacean known from the Upper Cambrian Orsten deposit of Sweden and similarly aged deposits in China. [2] It is the only genus in the order Skaracarida and family Skaraidae, and contains three species: [3]
The feeding system of Skara resembles those of copepods and Derocheilocaris, and the three taxa are accordingly grouped together as the clade Copepodoida. [4] Skara is likely to have scraped or brushed the substrate to release food. [5]