Jilinicaris chinensis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Stenopodidea |
Family: | Spongicolidae |
Genus: |
Jilinicaris Schram, Shen, Vonk & Taylor, 2000 |
Species: | J. chinensis |
Binomial name | |
Jilinicaris chinensis Schram, Shen, Vonk & Taylor, 2000 |
Jilinicaris is an extinct genus of crustacean in the order Decapoda, and is the earliest fossil assigned to the Stenopodidea, having been found in rocks of Late Cretaceous age.