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Cambropachycopidae

Cambropachycopidae
Reconstruction of Cambropachycope
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Family: Cambropachycopidae
Walossek and Müller, 1990
Genera

Cambropachycopidae is a family of Cambrian arthropods known from the Orsten of Sweden, united by their singular, large compound eye and heavily enlarged cephalic segment. Both species were roughly a milimeter long with similar body structures, however Goticaris is distinguished by two stalked blisters near its eye, as well as a longer body and smaller eye than Cambropachycope.[1] They are suggested to be stem-group mandibulates.[2]

  1. ^ Waloszek, Dieter; Müller, Klaus (1990-10-01). "Upper Cambrian stem-lineage crustaceans and their bearing upon the monophyly of Crustacea and the position of Agnostus". Lethaia. 23: 409–427. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1990.tb01373.x.
  2. ^ Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2017-09-01). "Inferring Arthropod Phylogeny: Fossils and their Interaction with Other Data Sources". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 57 (3): 467–476. doi:10.1093/icb/icx061. ISSN 1540-7063. PMID 28957518.

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