Full reference: E. P. Anderson, S. A. Rosbach, M. A. Pulsipher, D. Mikulic, and J. D. Schiffbauer. 2025. The ‘butterfly animal,’ Papiliomaris kluessendorfae n. gen. n. sp.: An enigmatic bivalved arthropod of the Waukesha biota. Journal of Paleontology 99(4):818-834
Parent taxon: Euarthropoda according to E. P. Anderson et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Actaeus, Agonata, Almenia, Aptera, Arachnoidea, Armadillidium molassicum, Armadillidium payangadensis, Blattina splendens, Bradoriida, Branchiata, Bundenbachiellus, Burgessia, Clypecaris, Crustacea, Dalmaniopsis, Devonopilio, Devonopilio hutchinsoni, Dicerocaris, Dinopilio parvus, Dongshanocaris, Douglasocaris, Emeiella, Ercaia, Esmeraldacaris, Euthycarcinoidea, Forfexicaris, Gaoqiaioella, Geracus, Geracus tubifer, Gigantopleurida, Goticaris, Guangweicarididae, Habelia, Hanburia, Henningsmoenicaris, Huangshandongia, Jianfengia, Kablikia, Kampecaris obanensis, Keurbos, Kleptothule, Kounicia, Liantuoia, 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, Proschizoramia, Dinocarida, Deuteropoda, Radiodonta, Marrellomorpha, Artiopoda, Hadranax, Youti, Parioscorpio, Siberion, Megadictyon, Arachnomorpha
Subtaxa: Papiliomaris kluessendorfae
Type: Papiliomaris kluessendorfae
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Waukesha Lime and Stone Company quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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