Dongshanocaris Hou and Bergström 1998 (arthropod)

Dongshanocaris

Parent taxon: Arthropoda according to R. K. Bambach et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Actaeus, Agonata, Almenia, Aptera, Arachnoidea, Blattina splendens, Bradoriida, Branchiata, Bundenbachiellus, Burgessia, Clypecaris, Crustacea, Cryptocaris, Dalmaniopsis, Devonopilio, Devonopilio hutchinsoni, Dicerocaris, Dinopilio parvus, Douglasocaris, Emeiella, Ercaia, Esmeraldacaris, Euthycarcinoidea, Forfexicaris, Gaoqiaioella, Geracus, Geracus tubifer, Gigantopleurida, Goticaris, Graeophonus, Guangweicarididae, Habelia, Hanburia, Henningsmoenicaris, Huangshandongia, Jianfengia, Jiucunella, Kablikia, Kampecaris obanensis, Keurbos, Kleptothule, Kounicia, Liantuoia, Libellula carbonaria, Longquania, Marrelomorpha, Meristosoma, Merostomoidea, Monoculus, Motina, Myriapoda, Naptile, Notchia, Occacaris, Odaraiida, Orstenocarida, Palaeophonus arctus, Panlongia, Paratrilobita, Parvancorinomorpha, Parvibellus, Pauloterminus, Pedestria, Pisinnocaris, Platicytes, Plenocaris, Pleurolycosa, Pleurolycosa prolifera, Poliochera pustulatus, Priscansermarinus, Proricaris, Protocaris, Pseudoiulia, Pycnogonida, Pygmaclypeatus, Rhynimonstrum, Schizodiscus, Scorpionida, Serracaris, Shankouia, Skaracarida, Sunellidae, Synistata, Tanglangia, Tuzoida, Unogata, Utahcaris, Zagoracaris, Youti, Hadranax, Radiodonta, Artiopoda, Marrellomorpha, Parioscorpio, Megadictyon, Dinocarida, Arachnomorpha, Deuteropoda, Siberion, Proschizoramia

Subtaxa: Dongshanocaris foliiformis

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Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Faunal Assemblage A10 (Cambrian of China)

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