Cordaticaris

Genus of extinct stem-group arthropods

Cordaticaris is a genus of extinct hurdiid (peytoiid) radiodont that lived in what is now northern China during the middle Cambrian period. This animal was described in 2020 based on remains found in the Zhangxia Formation, located in the Shandong Province. It is differentiated from other members of its family by its unique heart-shaped frontal sclerite, and its frontal appendages bearing nine endites and seven more elongated subequal endites. This animal was important as it was the first Miaolingian aged hurdiid known from rock layers outside of laurentia, allowing paleontologists to get a better grasp of this families geographic range in life.

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