Phyllocarida

Phyllocarida
Temporal range:
Nebalia bipes
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Phyllocarida
Packard, 1879
Orders

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