Phosphatocopina

Phosphatocopina
Temporal range:
Hesslandona (left), Klausmuelleria (centre), Vestrogothia (right)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Phosphatocopina
Müller, 1964
Genera
  • Hesslandona
  • Trapezilites
  • Cyclotron
  • Waldoria
  • Veldotron
  • Klausmuelleria
  • Vestrogothia
  • Falites
  • Dabashanella
  • Comleyopsis
  • Bidimorpha

Phosphatocopina (alternatively Phosphatocopida) is an extinct group of bivalved arthropods known from the Cambrian period. They are generally sub-milimetric to a few millimetres in size. They are typically only known from isolated carapaces, but some found in Orsten-type phosphatized preservation have their bodies preserved in high fidelity in three dimensions.