Douglasocaris
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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Malacostraca
Family:†Douglasocaridae
Caster & Brooks, 1956
Caster & Brooks, 1956
Genus:†Douglasocaris
Caster & Brooks, 1956
Caster & Brooks, 1956
| Douglasocaris Temporal range: Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian), | |
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| Holotype of Douglasocaris collinsi, from the Douglas Lake Member of Lenoir Limestone, at Douglas Dam, Tennessee.[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Family: | †Douglasocaridae Caster & Brooks, 1956 |
| Genus: | †Douglasocaris Caster & Brooks, 1956 |
| Species: | †D. collinsi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Douglasocaris collinsi | |
Douglasocaris is a genus of bivalved malacostracan, sometimes classified instead as either a phyllocarid or a notostracan,[2] from the Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian, 460 million years old) Douglas Lake Member of the Lenoir Limestone from Douglas Dam Tennessee.[3]
Its type and only species is Douglasocaris collinsi.
