Full reference: J.-B. Caron, R. R. Gaines, M. G. Mángano, M. Streng, and A. C. Daley. 2010. A new Burgess Shale–type assemblage from the “thin” Stephen Formation of the southern Canadian Rockies. Geology 38(9):811-814
Parent taxon: Hurdiidae according to S. Pates et al. 2018
See also Lerosey-Aubril and Pates 2018 and Pates et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Aegirocassis, Buccaspinea, Cambroraster, Cordaticaris, Hurdia, Pahvantia, Peytoia, Schinderhannes, Ursulinacaris, Zhenghecaris
Subtaxa: Stanleycaris hirpex
Type: Stanleycaris hirpex
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Solvan of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
• Cambrian of United States (1: Utah)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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