Dithyrocaris
The fossils shown below are well preserved specimens
of an unnamed species of Dithyrocaris, a fossil phyllocarid
crustacean. Complete and disarticulated specimens are moderately common
in a blocky-weathering, carbonaceous black shale bed of the lower Breathitt
Formation (Pennsylvanian) in northern Kentucky.
Dithyrocaris n.sp. cluster in carbonaceous black shale from the Breathitt Formation
(Pennsylvanian) of northern Kentucky, USA.
Dithyrocaris n.sp. individual, part & counterpart (above & below), in
carbonaceous black shale from the Breathitt Formation (Pennsylvanian) of
northern Kentucky, USA.
