Forfexicaris Temporal range:
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Order: | †Pectocaridida |
Family: | †Forfexicarididae Hou, 1999 |
Genus: | †Forfexicaris Hou, 1999 |
Species: | †F. valida
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Binomial name | |
†Forfexicaris valida Hou, 1999 [1]
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Forfexicaris valida is a species of Lower Cambrian arthropod, the only species in the family Forfexicarididae. It is known from only two specimens from the Maotianshan shale Lagerstätte.[2]