phyllocarid Zool.
(fɪləʊˈkærɪd)
[a. mod.L. name of division Phyllocarida (A. S. Packard 1879, in Amer. Naturalist XIII. 128), f. phyllo- + Gr. καρίς shrimp, prawn.]
A crustacean belonging to a group of the subclass Branchiopoda, which includes those types distinguished by the broad, flat limbs known as phyllopodia. Also attrib. Hence phylloˈcaridan a.
| 1882 A. S. Packard in Amer. Naturalist XVI. 870 He [sc. Claus] failed to appreciate the independent, synthetic nature of the Phyllocaridan type. 1896 Proc. Geol. Soc. LII. p. xcvi, We have here..a passage upward from the more ancient Phyllocarid type.. to the more modern Cumacea. 1902 54th Ann. Rep. N.Y. State Mus. Nat. Hist. 1900 I. 98 The museum record of localities now bears the following entries at which species of these phyllocarids have been obtained. 1911 Geol. Mag. VIII. 64 In the black shales we succeeded in finding organic remains, including..a bivalve phyllocarid crustacean. Ibid., A few specimens of a bivalve phyllocarid allied to Caryocaris and Lingulocaris. 1935 Twenhofel & Shrock Inverteb. Paleontol. x. 444 Nebaliacea—A heterogeneous group of living and fossil phyllocarids. 1973 P. Tasch Paleobiol. of Invertebr. xi. 600/2 There have been several finds of fossil phyllocarids with appendages preserved. |