Sanctacaris
Taxonavigation
[edit]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: Chelicerata
Genus: †Sanctacaris
Species:
†S. uncata
Name
[edit]Sanctacaris Briggs & Collins, 1988: 480
Type species: Sanctacaris uncata Briggs & Collins, 1988, by original designation.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Briggs, D.E.G. & Collins, D. 1988. A Middle Cambrian chelicerate from Mount Stephen, British Columbia. Palaeontology 31(3): 779–798. BHL. Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Legg, D.A. 2014. Sanctacaris uncata: the oldest chelicerate (Arthropoda). Naturwissenschaften 101: 1065–1073. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-014-1245-4
. Reference page. - Legg, D.A. & Pates, S. 2016 (Online) 2017 (Print). A restudy of Utahcaris orion (Euarthropoda) from the Spence Shale (Middle Cambrian, Utah, USA). Geological Magazine 154(1): 181–186. DOI: 10.1017/S0016756816000789 . Reference page.
