Cambropachycopidae is a family of Cambrian

arthropod Arthropods ( ) are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an arthropod exoskeleton, exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often Mineralization (biology), mineralised with calcium carbonate, a body with differentiated (Metam ...

s known from the

Orsten The Orsten fauna are fossilized organisms preserved in the Orsten lagerstätte of Cambrian (Late Miaolingian to Furongian) rocks, notably at Kinnekulle and on the island of Öland, all in Sweden. The initial site, discovered in 1975 by Klaus M� ...

of Sweden, united by their singular, large compound eye and heavily enlarged cephalic segment. Both species were roughly a millimeter long with similar body structures, however '' Goticaris'' is distinguished by two stalked blisters near its eye, as well as a longer body and smaller eye than ''Cambropachycope''. They are suggested to be stem-group mandibulates.

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{{taxonbar, from1=Q125044245 Prehistoric arthropod families Pancrustacea Taxa described in 1990 Cambrian first appearances Fossils of Sweden Paleozoic Sweden Paleontology in Sweden Cambrian extinctions