†Nectocaris pteryx Conway Morris 1976
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Nectocaris pteryx - Nectocarididae
Synonyms: Petalium latus Luo and Hu 1999, Vetustovermis planus Glaessner 1979
Full reference: S. Conway Morris. 1976. Nectocaris pteryx, a new organism from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Mittheilungen 12:703-713
Belongs to Nectocaris according to M. R. Smith and J. -B. Caron 2010
See also Chen et al. 2005, Conway Morris 1976 and Smith 2013
Sister taxon: Petalilium latus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (3: British Columbia), China (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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