Tesnusocarididae
Extinct family of remipedes
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Tesnusocarididae is an extinct family of remipedes and the sole member of the order Enantiopoda.[3][4][7] It contains two genera, the type genus Tesnusocaris, and Cryptocaris, both known from the Carboniferous,[3][5][6] with Tesnusocaris known from the Lower Pennsylvanian Tesnus Formation and Cryptocaris from the Middle Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek fossil beds.[1]
| Tesnusocarididae Temporal range: | |
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| Tesnusocaris goldichi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Remipedia |
| Order: | †Enantiopoda Birshtein, 1960[2] |
| Family: | †Tesnusocarididae Brooks, 1955[3][4] |
| Type genus | |
| †Tesnusocaris[3] Brooks, 1955[5] | |
| Other genera[5][6] | |
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| Synonyms[4][7] | |
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