Kangacaris

Kangacaris
Temporal range:
Kangacaris zhangi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Order: †Nektaspida
Family: †Emucarididae
Genus: †Kangacaris
Paterson et al., 2010
Species
  • K. zhangi Paterson et al., 2010 (type species)
  • K. shui Zhang, Fu & Dai, 2012

Kangacaris is an extinct genus of soft-shelled trilobite-like arthropod of the nektaspid order from the Lower Cambrian (Botomian). K. zhangi is known from South Australia, and K. shui from South-West China.

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