Bredocaris

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Thecostraca
Thecostraca incertae sedis
Genus: Bredocaris
Species (1): B. admirabilis

Name

• Bredocaris Müller, 1983
  • Type speciesː Bredocaris admirabilis Müller, 1983

Primary references

• Müller 1983: Crustacea with preserved soft parts from the Upper Cambrian of Sweden. Lethaia, 16(2): 93–109.

Additional references

• External morphology and larval development of the Upper Cambrian maxillopod Bredocaris admirabilis.
• Haug, J.T., Haug, C. & Nagler, C. 2021. Chapter 10; Evolutionary history of crustaceans as parasites. Pp 347–376 In de Baets, K. & Huntley, J.W. eds., The evolution and fossil record of parasitism; Identification and macroevolution of parasites. Topics in Geobiology 49, 565 p. ISBN 978-3-030-42484-8 Reference page.  Reference page.  [See p. 361, relationships and parasitism]
• Wolfe, J.M. & Hegna, T.A. 2014. Testing the phylogenetic position of Cambrian pancrustacean larval fossils by coding ontogenetic stages. Cladistics 30(4): 366–390. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12051 Reference page.  [See p. 380, for relationship as stem-group Thecostraca]