Tesnusocaris

Tesnusocaris is an extinct, monospecific genus of remipedian^[2] crustaceans that lived in the Pennsylvanian period, one of the two representatives of the extinct remipedian order Enantiopoda.^[3] It is known from a fossil discovered in the Lower Pennsylvanian (Paleozoic, Carboniferous) Tesnus Formation of Texas.^[1] The other known enantiopod remipedian is Cryptocaris hootchi of the Mazon Creek fauna.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Remipedia

Order:†Enantiopoda

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Tesnusocaris Temporal range: Lower Pennsylvanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Tesnusocaris goldichi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Remipedia
Order:	†Enantiopoda
Family:	†Tesnusocarididae
Genus:	†Tesnusocaris Brooks, 1955
Species:	†T. goldichi
Binomial name
†Tesnusocaris goldichi Brooks, 1955 [1]

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The type and only species is Tesnusocaris goldichi.