Tesnusocaris

Tesnusocaris goldichi is an extinct species of remipedian^[2] crustacean that lived in the Pennsylvanian period, one of the two representatives of the extinct remipedian order Enantiopoda.^[3] Its fossil is from the Lower Pennsylvanian (Paleozoic, Carboniferous) Tesnus formation, Texas.^[1] The other known enantiopod remipedian is Cryptocaris hootchi of the Mazon Creek fauna.

† Tesnusocaris goldichi Temporal range: Lower Pennsylvanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Tesnusocaris goldichi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Remipedia
Order:	†Enantiopoda
Family:	†Tesnusocarididae
Genus:	†Tesnusocaris Brooks, 1955
Species:	†T. goldichi
Binomial name
†Tesnusocaris goldichi Brooks, 1955 [1]