Dicranocaris
| Dicranocaris Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 4,
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Arachnomorpha |
| Genus: | †Dicranocaris Briggs et al., 2008[2] |
| Type species | |
| Dicranocaris guntherorum[1][2] Briggs et al., 2008[3]
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Dicranocaris is an extinct genus of arachnomorph,[1][2] possibly a megacheiran, that lived in the Wheeler Shale formation[4] of what is now modern day Utah[2] during Stage 4 of the Cambrian period, around 513 Ma.[1] It may be synonymous with Dytikosicula,[5] another possible megacheiran.
The type and only species is Dicranocaris guntherorum.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Dicranocaris". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Dicranocaris in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Dicranocaris guntherorum in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Hendricks, Jonathan R.; Lieberman, Bruce S. (May 2008). "New phylogenetic insights into the Cambrian radiation of arachnomorph arthropods". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (3): 585–594. doi:10.1666/07-017.1.
- ^ Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy; Skabelund, Jacob (January 2018). "Messorocaris , a new sanctacaridid-like arthropod from the middle Cambrian Wheeler Formation (Utah, USA)". Geological Magazine. 155 (1): 181–186. Bibcode:2018GeoM..155..181L. doi:10.1017/S0016756817000504.