Cambropachycope

Cambropachycope
Temporal range: Upper Cambrian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Family: Cambropachycopidae
Genus: Cambropachycope
Walossek & Müller, 1990
Type species
Cambropachycope clarksoni
Walossek & Müller, 1990

Cambropachycope is a genus of small (1.5 mm (0.059 in) long) extinct Cambrian arthropods, known from the Orsten lagerstätten in southern Sweden. It appears to have several apomorphic features, notably including a single large compound eye.[1]

  1. ^ Waloszek, Dieter; Müller, Klaus (1990-10-01). "Upper Cambrian stem-lineage crustaceans and their bearing upon the monophyly of Crustacea and the position of Agnostus". Lethaia. 23: 409–427. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1990.tb01373.x.