Sanctacaris

Sanctacaris uncata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Habeliida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Ordo: †Habeliida

Familia: †Sanctacarididae
Genus: †Sanctacaris
Species: †S. uncata

Name

Sanctacaris Briggs & Collins, 1988: 480

Type species: Sanctacaris uncata Briggs & Collins, 1988, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• 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

• 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.