Jeholops

Jeholops hongi
Temporal range: Barremian
Jeholops (left), Chenops {right}
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Notostraca
Genus: Jeholops
Hegna & Ren, 2010
Species: J. hongi
Binomial name
Jeholops hongi
Hegna & Ren, 2010

Jeholops is an extinct genus of notostracan which existed in the Yixian Formation, inner Mongolia, China during the early Cretaceous period (Barremian age).[1] It was described by Thomas A. Hegna and Ren Dong in 2010, and the only species is Jeholops hongi.[1]

As with the genus Chenops, and unlike the modern genera Triops or Lepidurus, Jeholops lacked eyes.

References

  1. 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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