Aenigmacaris

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Aenigmacaris
Aenigmacaris cornigerum from the Mississippian of Bear Gulch, Montana
Aenigmacaris cornigerum SCHRAM & HORNER 1979 from the Mississippian (Serpukhovian) Heath Formation of Bear Gulch, Montana.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Aeschronectida
Family: Aenigmacarididae
Genus: Aenigmacaris
Schram and Horner, 1978 [1]

Aenigmacaris is an extinct genus of malacostracan crustacean, which includes the species Aenigmacaris cornigerum and Aenigmacaris minima.[2] Their closest extant relatives are the mantis shrimp.

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