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Iliella

Iliella spinosa
Temporal range: Lower Jurassic
Iliella spinosa.JPG
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Kazacharthra
Family: Ketmeniidae
Genus: Iliella
Chernyshev, 1940
Species: I. spinosa
Binomial name
Iliella spinosa
Chernyshev, 1940

Iliella spinosa is an extinct species of kazacharthran branchiopod crustaceans from the Lower Jurassic of Kazakhstan. It had a unique carapace that was shaped like a spiny double-oval.


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