| Shucaris Temporal range:
Early Cambrian, | |
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| MicroCT of the holotype, a frontal appendage | |
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| A reconstruction of S. ankylosskelos frontal appendage | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Dinocaridida |
| Order: | †Radiodonta |
| Genus: | †Shucaris Wu et al., 2024 |
| Species: | †S. ankylosskelos
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| Binomial name | |
| †Shucaris ankylosskelos Wu et al., 2024
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Shucaris (/ʃuːˈkɑːrɪs/ shoo-KAR-iss; meaning "Shu's shrimp") is a genus of radiodont of uncertain taxonomic placement from the Lower Cambrian Maotianshan Shales in Yunnan, South China. The type and only species is S. ankylosskelos, known from multiple specimens comprising frontal appendages, multiple endites, gnathobase‐like structures, a nearly complete body, a head carapace complex, and one body flap associated with setal blades.[1]
- ^ a b Wu, Yu; Pates, Stephen; Liu, Cong; Zhang, Mingjing; Lin, Weiliang; Ma, Jiaxin; Wu, Yuheng; Chai, Shu; Zhang, Xiangliang; Fu, Dongjing (16 July 2024). "A new radiodont from the lower Cambrian (Series 2 Stage 3) Chengjiang Lagerstätte, South China informs the evolution of feeding structures in radiodonts". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 22 (1). Bibcode:2024JSPal..2264887W. doi:10.1080/14772019.2024.2364887. hdl:10871/136118.