Tesnusocaris goldichi is an extinct species of remipedian[2] crustacean that lived in the Pennsylvanian period, the one of the two representatives of the extinct remipedian order Enantiopoda.[3] Its fossil is from the Lower Pennsylvanian (Paleozoic, Carboniferous) Tesnus formation, Texas.[1] The other known enantiopod remipedian is Cryptocaris hootchi of the Mazon Creek fauna.
† Tesnusocaris goldichi Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Remipedia |
Order: | †Enantiopoda |
Family: | †Tesnusocarididae |
Genus: | †Tesnusocaris Brooks, 1955 |
Species: | †T. goldichi
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Binomial name | |
†Tesnusocaris goldichi Brooks, 1955 [1]
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