Tesnusocarididae
Sign in to saveTesnusocarididae is an extinct family of remipedes and the sole member of the order Enantiopoda. It contains two genera, the type genus Tesnusocaris, and Cryptocaris, both known from the Carboniferous, with Tesnusocaris known from the Lower Pennsylvanian Tesnus Formation and Cryptocaris from the Middle Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek fossil beds.
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It sits within the topics Carboniferous crustaceans, Mississippian first appearances and Pennsylvanian extinctions.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Enantiopoda
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- Tesnusocaris goldichi.png
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- taxon name
- Tesnusocarididae
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- Category:Tesnusocarididae
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- Tesnusocarididae
- taxonomic type
- Tesnusocaris
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Tesnusocarididae is an extinct family of remipedes and the sole member of the order Enantiopoda. It contains two genera, the type genus Tesnusocaris, and Cryptocaris, both known from the Carboniferous, with Tesnusocaris known from the Lower Pennsylvanian Tesnus Formation and Cryptocaris from the Middle Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek fossil beds.
== References ==
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