Jilinicaris

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Jilinicaris
Temporal range: Santonian
[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Spongicolidae
Genus: Jilinicaris
Species:
J. chinensis
Binomial name
Jilinicaris chinensis
Schram, Shen, Vonk & Taylor, 2000

Jilinicaris is an extinct genus of crustacean in the order Decapoda,[2] and is the earliest fossil assigned to the Stenopodidea, having been found in rocks of Late Cretaceous age.[3]

References

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  2. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
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