Forfexicaris valida
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Forfexicaris valida Fossil range: Lower Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Megacheira† Order: Pectocaridida Family: Forfexicarididae Genus: Forfexficaris Species: F. valida

Forfexicaris valida was an egg-shaped nektonic predatory arthropod from the Lower Cambrian Maotianshan shale Lagerstätte about 1.5 centimetres long. This creature bears a superficial resemblance to ostracod crustaceans, though, F. valida is not considered to be an ostracod, nor even a crustacean due to its leg morphology. Like its relative, Occacaris oviformis, F. valida also had a pair of "great appendages," though, it did not have paired spines. Unlike O. oviformis, F. valida's trunk did not extend beyond its carapace.

References

• Xian-Guang Hou, The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China: The Flowering of Early Animal Life. (Blackwell, 2004)

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