Iliella spinosa Temporal range: Lower Jurassic |
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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.