Papiliomaris, whose name means butterfly of the sea, is a genus of bivalved euarthropod of uncertain phylogenetic placement from the Silurian-age Waukesha Biota of Wisconsin, United States. The genus is known from part-and-counterpart fossils of the whole animal and contains a single described species, Papiliomaris kluessendorfae, named in 2025. Phylogenetic analyses place it within a stem lineage near the base of Mandibulata, though its precise relationships remain uncertain and dependent on the interpretation of its fossilized morphology.
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Papiliomaris (IPA: [paːˈpɪ.li.oːˌma.rɪs]) (meaning "butterfly of the sea" or "sea butterfly") is a genus of bivalved (referring to the carapace) euarthropod with uncertain placement from the Silurian Waukesha Biota in Wisconsin, USA.
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Papiliomaris (IPA: [paːˈpɪ.li.oːˌma.rɪs]) (meaning "butterfly of the sea" or "sea butterfly") is a genus of bivalved (referring to the carapace) euarthropod with uncertain placement from the Silurian Waukesha Biota in Wisconsin, USA. The type and only species is Papiliomaris kluessendorfae, known from various specimens typically comprising part and counterpart fossils of the whole animal.
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