Tesnusocarididae

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Tesnusocarididae
Temporal range: Mississippian–Pennsylvanian [1]
Tesnusocaris goldichi.png
Tesnusocaris goldichi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Remipedia
Order:† Enantiopoda
Birshtein, 1960 [2]
Family:† Tesnusocarididae
Brooks, 1955 [1] [3]
Type genus
† Tesnusocaris [1]
Brooks, 1955 [4]
Other genera [4] [5]
Synonyms [3] [6]
  • Cryptocarididae Sieg, 1980

Tesnusocarididae is an extinct family of remipedes and the sole member of the order Enantiopoda. [1] [3] [6] It contains two genera, the type genus Tesnusocaris , and Cryptocaris , both known from the Carboniferous. [1] [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tesnusocarididae in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ↑ Enantiopoda in the Paleobiology Database
  3. 1 2 3 "†Tesnusocarididae Brooks, 1955". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Tesnusocaris in the Paleobiology Database
  5. 1 2 Cryptocaris in the Paleobiology Database
  6. 1 2 "Tesnusocarididae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2026-02-05.
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