Verrocaris

Verrocaris
Temporal range:
Holotype of Verrocaris kerrymatti
Interpretive drawing of the holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Stem group: Arthropoda
Class: Dinocaridida
Order: Radiodonta
Family: Anomalocarididae
Genus: Verrocaris
Oxman et al., 2025
Species:
V. kerrymatti
Binomial name
Verrocaris kerrymatti
Oxman et al., 2025

Verrocaris is an extinct genus of radiodont of the family Anomalocarididae from the Kinzers Formation (Cambrian Stage 4), located in Pennsylvania, United States. The genus contains a single species, Verrocaris kerrymatti, which may be an intermediate between bottom-feeding anomalocaridids and the suspension-feeding radiodont Tamisiocaris.