Waptiidae

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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Family †Waptiidae; Walcott, 1912		Clade Crustaceomorpha Rank Family

Order †Waptiida Størmer, 1944 Similar Waptia, Canadaspis, Leanchoilia, Marrella splendens, Branchiopoda

Waptiidae is an extinct family of shrimp-like stem group crustaceans that lived during the Early to Middle Cambrian (about 520 to 505 million years ago). It is the only family classified under the order Waptiida which is tentatively included in the clade Crustaceomorpha.

Waptiidae includes the following genera and species:

Chuandianella Hou & Bergström, 1991

Chuandianella ovata (Li, 1975)

Pauloterminus Taylor, 2002 (?)

Pauloterminus spinodorsalis Taylor, 2002

Plenocaris Whittington 1974 (?)

Plenocaris plena Hou & Bergström, 1997

Waptia Walcott, 1912

Waptia fieldensis Walcott, 1912

References

Waptiidae Wikipedia

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