Phyllocarida is a subclass of
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapoda, decapods, ostracoda, seed shrimp, branchiopoda, branchiopods, argulidae, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopoda, isopods, barnacles, copepods, ...
s, comprising the extant order
Leptostraca and the extinct orders
Hymenostraca and
Archaeostraca.
See also
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Ceratiocaris''
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Cinerocaris''
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Vladicaris''
References
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Malacostraca
Arthropod subclasses
Paleozoic crustaceans
Mesozoic crustaceans
Cenozoic crustaceans
Extant Cambrian first appearances
Taxa described in 1879
Taxa named by Alpheus Spring Packard
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