Early Mississippian

Price Formation

Scott County, VA, United States

Very rare 47mm phyllocarid on 160mm slab

Phyllocarid,

Dithyrocaris is a genus of phyllocarid, a subclass of crustaceans (Phyllocarida) known primarily from isolated carapaces.  The fossils of this genus are found in the Devonian to Carboniferous of North America, Bolivia, and Scotland.  Phyllocarids, as a group, date back to the Early Cambrian with one order still living today.