Peachocaris
Extinct genus of crustaceans
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Peachocaris is a genus of extinct crustaceans in the order Lophogastrida containing at least two species. It is the only genus in the family Peachocarididae.[3] Peachocaris were small shrimp-like crustacean that lived in the shallow seas of the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian). The species Peachocaris strongi is found in the Mazon Creek fossil beds, a carboniferous lagerstätte in Illinois.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Lophogastrida |
| Family: | †Peachocarididae Schram, 1986 |
| Genus: | †Peachocaris Schram, 1976[1] |
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The genus was named by Frederick Schram in 1974. It is named after the British paleontologist Ben Peach who provided significant contributions to the early study of Carboniferous Malacostraca.[4]
