Tesnusocarididae
| Tesnusocarididae Temporal range:
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| 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]
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| Other genera[5][6] | |
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| Synonyms[3][7] | |
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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
- ^ a b "Remipedia". ucmp.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ a b c d Tesnusocarididae in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ a b c "†Tesnusocarididae Brooks, 1955". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ Enantiopoda in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ a b c Tesnusocaris in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ a b Cryptocaris in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ a b "Tesnusocarididae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
External links
- Data related to Tesnusocarididae at Wikispecies