''Tesnusocaris goldichi'' is an extinct species of
remipedian
crustacean that lived in the
Pennsylvanian Pennsylvanian may refer to:
* A person or thing from Pennsylvania
* Pennsylvanian (geology)
The Pennsylvanian ( , also known as Upper Carboniferous or Late Carboniferous) is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy, ICS geologic timesca ...
period, the one of the two representatives of the extinct remipedian
Order
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Enantiopoda.
Its
fossil is from the
Lower Pennsylvanian
The Pennsylvanian ( , also known as Upper Carboniferous or Late Carboniferous) is, in the ICS geologic timescale, the younger of two subperiods (or upper of two subsystems) of the Carboniferous Period. It lasted from roughly . As with most o ...
(
Paleozoic,
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, million years ago. The name ''Carbonifero ...
)
Tesnus formation
Tesnus is a ghost town and unincorporated community in Brewster County, in the U.S. state of Texas.
History
Tesnus was laid out in 1882 when the Southern Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. Tesnus (sunset spelled backwards) was so named ...
,
Texas.
The other known enantiopod remipedian is ''
Cryptocaris hootchi'' of the
Mazon Creek
The Mazon Creek fossil beds are a conservation ' found near Morris, in Grundy County, Illinois. The fossils are preserved in ironstone concretions, formed approximately in the mid- Pennsylvanian epoch of the Carboniferous period. These concreti ...
fauna.
References
Remipedia
Carboniferous crustaceans
Monotypic arthropod genera
Carboniferous animals of North America
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