Laminacaris
| Laminacaris chimera Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Frontal appendage | |
| Fossil of L. chimera | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Order: | †Radiodonta |
| Genus: | †Laminacaris Guo et al., 2018 |
| Species: | †L. chimera |
| Binomial name | |
| †Laminacaris chimera Guo et al., 2018 | |
Laminacaris is a genus of extinct stem-group arthropods (Radiodonta) that lived during the Cambrian period. It is monotypic with a single species Laminacaris chimera, the fossil of which was described from the Chengjiang biota of China in 2018. Around the same time, two specimens that were similar or of the same species were discovered at the Kinzers Formation in Pennsylvania, USA. The first specimens from China were three frontal appendages, without the other body parts.