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Dongshanocaris

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Dongshanocaris
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian
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Dongshanocaris

Hou, Bergström, Wang, Feng & Chen, 1999
Species:
D. foliiformis
Binomial name
Dongshanocaris foliiformis
Hou, Bergström, Wang, Feng & Chen, 1999

Dongshanocaris is genus of Cambrian arthropod known for being a member of the Chengjiang biota, containing the single species Dongshanocaris 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 [taxon]".[3]

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