Hymenocaris

Hymenocaris
Temporal range: Late Cambrian,
Holotype (left) and paratype (right) specimens of Hymenocaris vermicaudata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Phyllocarida
Order: †Hymenostraca
Rolfe, 1969
Family: †Hymenocarididae
Haeckel, 1896
Genus: †Hymenocaris
Salter, 1853
Species:
†H. vermicauda
Binomial name
†Hymenocaris vermicauda
Salter, 1853

Hymenocaris is a genus of Cambrian marine arthropod. The type species, Hymenocaris vermicaudata is known from the Upper Cambrian (Furongian) Ffestiniog Formation, in North Wales, United Kingdom.

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