Furca (genus)
| Furca Temporal range: Upper Ordovician
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| Reconstruction of the headshield of Furca bohemica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Marrellomorpha |
| Order: | †Marrellida |
| Genus: | †Furca Fritsch, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Furca bohemica Fritsch, 1908
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| Species | |
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Furca bohemica Fritsch, 1908 | |
Furca (Latin for "fork") is an extinct genus of marrellomorph arthropod known from the Sandbian stage (upper Ordovician period) of the Czech Republic, with a single currently described species, Furca bohemica. A tentative additional species, "Furca mauretanica" was proposed for specimens discovered in Morocco, but this species remains a nomen nudum until formally published, and probably belongs in a new separate genus.