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Protocaris

noun
Pro·toc·a·ris | \prəˈtäkərə̇s\

Definition of Protocaris 

: the oldest known branchiopod genus found in the Lower Cambrian of Vermont and consisting of small crustaceans resembling Triops

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New Latin, from prot- + -caris

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