Jilinicaris
Extinct genus of crustaceans
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Jilinicaris is an extinct genus of crustacean in the order Decapoda,[2] and is the second oldest Stenopodidean fossil, having been found in rocks of Late Cretaceous age.[3][4] It was considered the was the earliest fossil assigned to the Stenopodidea, until the discovery of Devonostenopus pennsylvaniensis in 2014.[4] Jilinicaris is named after Jilin Province, where it was discovered. The holotype was found with three fossils of Estherites bifurcatus in a light gray muddy siltstone belonging to the lacustrine Nenjiang Formation.[3]
| Jilinicaris Temporal range: [1] | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Spongicolidae |
| Genus: | Jilinicaris |
| Species: | J. chinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Jilinicaris chinensis Schram, Shen, Vonk & Taylor, 2000 | |
