Sarotrocercus
Sarotrocercus is a small Cambrian arthropod known from Burgess shale, reaching a centimetre or two in length (0.39–0.79 in). Sarotrocercus is only known from 7 specimens. It may lie in the arthropod crown group, and a recent study has revised some points of its original description.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †Sarotrocercus |
Species: | †S. oblitus |
Binomial name | |
†Sarotrocercus oblitus Whittington, 1981 | |
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