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Phyllocarida

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Phyllocarida
Temporal range: 500–0 Ma
Nebalia bipes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Phyllocarida
Packard, 1879
Orders[1]

Phyllocarida is a subclass of crustaceans, comprising the extant order Leptostraca and the extinct orders Hymenostraca and Archaeostraca.[2] This clade of marine crustaceans diversified extensively during the Ordovician.[3]

Undescribed fossil of a very large phyllocarid from the Yukon (Devonian)

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References

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  1. "Phyllocarida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  2. P. J. F. Davie (2001). "Subclass: Phyllocarida, Introduction". Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). Zoological catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3A. CSIRO Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-643-06791-2.
  3. Liu, Yi-long; Fan, Ruo-ying; Zong, Rui-wen; Gong, Yi-ming (1 August 2023). "First occurrence of caryocaridids (Crustacea, Phyllocarida) in the Ordovician of North China". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 623. Bibcode:2023PPP...62311638L. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111638. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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