Perspicaris
| Perspicaris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Genus: | Perspicaris Briggs 1977 |
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Perspicaris is a fossil arthropod from the Cambrian period. It was 2–3 centimetres (0.8–1.2 in) long and bivalved. The valves, encasing the thorax, were joined together by a dorsal hinge.
It is difficult to establish the lifestyle of Perspicaris. Its large eyes and other parts would suggest a swimming animal, yet it lacks claws, which seems to suggest a bottom feeder.[2]
Two species of Perspicaris are found in the famous Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. 202 specimens of Perspicaris are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.38% of the community.[3]
External links
- "Perspicaris dictynna". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
References
- ↑ Briggs, D.E.G. (1977). Palaeontology http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2020/Pages%20595-621.pdf. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/shale/pperspic.htm
- ↑ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS 21 (5): 451–65. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022.