Phyllocarida

Phyllocarida; Temporal range: 500–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Nebalia bipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Subclass:	Phyllocarida; Packard, 1879
Orders
	Leptostraca; † Hymenostraca; † Archaeostraca;

Phyllocarida is a subclass of crustaceans, comprising the extant order Leptostraca and the extinct orders Hymenostraca and Archaeostraca.^[1] This clade of marine crustaceans diversified extensively during the Ordovician.^[2]

References

^ P. J. F. Davie (2001). "Subclass: Phyllocarida, Introduction". Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). Zoological catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3A. CSIRO Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-643-06791-2.
^ Liu, Yi-long; Fan, Ruo-ying; Zong, Rui-wen; Gong, Yi-ming (1 August 2023). "First occurrence of caryocaridids (Crustacea, Phyllocarida) in the Ordovician of North China". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 623. Bibcode:2023PPP...62311638L. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111638. Retrieved 14 July 2023.