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.

Sarotrocercus
Temporal range:
Reconstruction of Sarotrocercus
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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