| Emucarididae Temporal range:
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| Kangacaris and Emucaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Order: | †Nektaspida |
| Family: | †Emucarididae Paterson et al., 2010 |
| Genera | |
Emucarididae is an extinct family of soft-shelled trilobite-like arthropods (nektaspids) from the Lower Cambrian of South Australia and South China. It contains only two genera – Emucaris and Kangacaris. Two species were described in 2010 from specimens recovered from Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte, one species in 2012 from the Maotianshan Shales.[1] It is classified under the order Nektaspida, and is a sister-group to the families Liwiidae and Naraoiidae.[2]
- ^ Zhang, X.-L.; Fu, D.-J.; Dai, T. (2012). "A new species of Kangacaris (Arthropoda) from the Chengjiang lagerstätte, lower Cambrian, southwest China". Alcheringa. 36 (1): 23–25. Bibcode:2012Alch...36...23Z. doi:10.1080/03115518.2011.576532. ISSN 0311-5518. S2CID 129804458.
- ^ John R. Paterson; Gregory D. Edgecombe; Diego C. García-Bellido; James B. Jago; James G. Gehling (2010). "Nektaspid arthropods from the Lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte, South Australia, with a reassessment of lamellipedian relationships" (PDF). Palaeontology. 53 (2): 377–402. Bibcode:2010Palgy..53..377P. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00932.x.