Tesnusocarididae

Tesnusocarididae
Temporal range:
Tesnusocaris goldichi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Remipedia
Order: Enantiopoda
Birshtein, 1960[4]
Family: Tesnusocarididae
Brooks, 1955[2][3]
Type genus
Tesnusocaris[2]
Brooks, 1955[5]
Other genera[5][6]
Synonyms[3][7]
  • Cryptocarididae Sieg, 1980

Tesnusocarididae is an extinct family of remipedes and the sole member of the order Enantiopoda.[2][3][7] It contains two genera, the type genus Tesnusocaris, and Cryptocaris, both known from the Carboniferous,[2][5][6] with Tesnusocaris known from the Lower Pennsylvanian Tesnus Formation and Cryptocaris from the Middle Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek fossil beds.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Remipedia". ucmp.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d Tesnusocarididae in the Paleobiology Database
  3. ^ a b c "†Tesnusocarididae Brooks, 1955". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  4. ^ Enantiopoda in the Paleobiology Database
  5. ^ a b c Tesnusocaris in the Paleobiology Database
  6. ^ a b Cryptocaris in the Paleobiology Database
  7. ^ a b "Tesnusocarididae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
  • Data related to Tesnusocarididae at Wikispecies