Loricicaris

Loricicaris; Temporal range: Cambrian, 506 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Life restoration
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Order:	†Hymenocarina
Family:	†Protocarididae
Genus:	†Loricicaris
Type species
	†Loricicaris spinocaudatus;

Loricicaris is a genus of extinct hymenocarine arthropod found in the Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada and described in 2014.^[1]

Description

'Loricicaris ' has a bivalved carapace covering around 65% of its body, brandishing spines at the tallest point. Its two eyes are on stalks, seeming to originate from the external margin of the carapace. Two antennae are present though the nature of their attatchment to the head is unknown. They have two frontal appendages seen bifurcated at the tip. 'Loricicaris' is 24 millimetres on average and is divided in segments, each of which (excluding the head and ones covered by the carapace has at a minimum, 15 spines per segment.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Legg, David A.; Caron, Jean-Bernard (July 2014). "New Middle Cambrian bivalved arthropods from the Burgess Shale (British Columbia, Canada)". Palaeontology. 57 (4): 691–711. doi:10.1111/pala.12081. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

[Palaeontology_vol_57_issue_4_-_New_Middle_Cambrian_bivalved_arthropods_from_the_Burgess_Shale_(British_Columbia,_Canada)-1] Legg, David A.; Caron, Jean-Bernard (July 2014). "New Middle Cambrian bivalved arthropods from the Burgess Shale (British Columbia, Canada)". Palaeontology. 57 (4): 691–711. doi:10.1111/pala.12081. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

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