Skara (fossil)
| Skara Temporal range: | |
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| Reconstruction of Skara anulata | |
| 3D-rendering of a Skara minuta fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Superclass: | Oligostraca |
| Order: | †Skaracarida Müller & Walossek, 1985 |
| Family: | †Skaraidae Müller & Walossek, 1985 |
| Genus: | †Skara Müller, 1983 |
| Type species | |
| Skara anulata Müller, 1983 | |
| Species | |
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Skara is a genus of oligostracan pancrustaceans known from the Upper Cambrian Orsten deposit of Sweden, similarly aged deposits in China, and possibly Poland. It is the only genus in the order Skaracarida and family Skaraidae, and contains three species, S. anulata, S. minuta and S. hunanensis.