Chenops
| Chenops Temporal range: Barremian | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Notostraca |
| Genus: | Chenops Hegna & Ren, 2010 |
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Chenops is an extinct genus of notostracan which existed in the Yixian Formation, Inner Mongolia, and the Jehol fauna of China during the early Cretaceous period (Barremian age).[1] The genus was erected by Thomas A. Hegna and Ren Dong in 2010 to describe the Yixian species, Chenops yixianensis.[1] A second species, originally described as "Prolepidurus oblongus", from the Jehol fauna, was redescribed as C. oblongus.
Unlike other notostracan genera like Triops and Lepidurus, Chenops lacked eyes.
See also
References
- 1 2 Thomas A. Hegna, Ren Dong (2010). "Two new "notostracans", Chenops gen. nov. and Jeholops gen. nov. (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: ?Notostraca) from the Yixian Formation, Northeastern China". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 (4): 886–894. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00232.x.
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