Tesnusocaris

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

Tesnusocaris goldichi is an extinct species of remipedian crustacean that lived in the Pennsylvanian period, the one of the two representatives of the extinct remipedian Order Enantiopoda.^[2] Its fossil is from the Lower Pennsylvanian (Paleozoic, Carboniferous) Tesnus formation, Texas.^[1] The other known enantiopod remipedian is Cryptocaris hootchi of the Mazon Creek fauna.

References

^ ^a ^b H. K. Brooks (1955). "A crustacean from the Tesnus formation (Pennsylvanian) of Texas". Journal of Paleontology. 29 (5): 852–856. JSTOR 1300405.
^ Marco T. Neiber; Tamara R. Hartke; Torben Stemme; Alexandra Bergmann; Jes Rust; Thomas M. Iliffe & Stefan Koenemann (2011). "Global biodiversity and phylogenetic evaluation of Remipedia (Crustacea)". PLoS One. 6 (5): e19627. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...619627N. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019627. PMC 3098257. PMID 21625553.

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