Peachocaris

Peachocaris is a genus of extinct crustaceans in the order Lophogastrida containing at least two species. Peachocaris were small shrimp-like crustacean that lived in the shallow seas of the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian). The species Peachocaris strongi is found in the Mazon Creek fossil beds, a carboniferous lagerstätte in Illinois.

Peachocaris Temporal range: Late Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Peachocaris strongi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Lophogastrida
Family:	Peachocarididae
Genus:	Peachocaris Schram, 1976[1]
Species
Peachocaris strongi Brooks, 1962 Peachocaris acanthouraea Shram, 1984

The genus was named by Frederick Schram in 1974. It is named after the British paleontologist Ben Peach who provided significant contributions to the early study of Carboniferous Malacostraca.^[2]

See also

• List of prehistoric malacostracans