Glaessnericaris
Extinct genus of crustaceans
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Glaessnericaris is an extinct genus of lobster-like decapod crustaceans that is the sole member of the family Glaessnericaridae[2] and lived in what is now the modern day Lombardy region of Northern Italy during the Norian age of the Late Triassic Epoch.[1]
| Glaessnericaris | |
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| Glaessnericaris macrochela | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | †Glaessnericaridae Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2013[2] |
| Genus: | †Glaessnericaris Garassino & Teruzzi, 1993[3] |
| Type species | |
| †Glaessnericaris macrochela[3] Garassino & Teruzzi, 1993[4] | |
| Other species[3][5] | |
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It contains two[3] species, Glaessnericaris macrochela (the type species[3]) and Glaessnericaris dubia, which was originally assigned to the genus Protoclytiopsis.[5]
