Although first described in 1999, the early Cambrian Pectocaris remains a poorly known euarthropod genus. As of now, two species, Pectocaris eurypetala and Pectocaris spatiosa, are known from the Chen
Cambrian âbivalvedâ arthropods are a polyphyletic group of carapace-bearing arthropods which include stem euarthropods, stem mandibulates and crustaceans. Here, we describe Pakucaris apatis gen et
The morphology of two new bivalved arthropods, Loricicaris spinocaudatus gen. et sp. nov. and Nereocaris briggsi sp. nov. from the middle Cambrian (Series 3, Stage 5) Burgess Shale Formation (Collins
Acrotretides are extinct micromorphic brachiopods that exhibited considerable morphological variation during their rapid evolution in the early Palaeozoic. The plano-conical shells of acrotretides are