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Skara (fossil)
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| Reconstruction of Skara anulata | |
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| 3D-rendering of a Skara minuta fossil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Superclass: | Oligostraca |
| Order: | †Skaracarida Müller & Walossek, 1985 [1] |
| Family: | †Skaraidae Müller & Walossek, 1985 |
| Genus: | †Skara Müller, 1983 |
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| Skara anulata Müller, 1983
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Skara is a genus of oligostracan pancrustaceans known from the Upper Cambrian Orsten deposit of Sweden, similarly aged deposits in China,[2] and possibly Poland.[3] It is the only genus in the order Skaracarida and family Skaraidae, and contains three species, S. anulata, S. minuta and S. hunanensis.
- ^ K. J. Müller & D. Walossek (1985). "Skaracarida, a new order of Crustacea from the Upper Cambrian of Västergötland, Sweden". Fossils and Strata. 17: 1–65. doi:10.18261/8200074986-1985-01. ISBN 82-00-07498-6.
- ^ Liu Jie & Dong Xiping (2007). "Skara hunanensis a new species of Skaracarida (Crustacea) from Upper Cambrian (Furongian) of Human, south China". Progress in Natural Science. 17 (8): 934–942. doi:10.1080/10002007088537494.
- ^ Schram, Frederick R.; Koenemann, Stefan (2022-03-31), Schram, Frederick R.; Koenemann, Stefan (eds.), "Skaracarida", Evolution and Phylogeny of Pancrustacea: A Story of Scientific Method, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/oso/9780195365764.003.0007, ISBN 978-0-19-536576-4
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