Innovatiocaris

Innovatiocaris
Temporal range: Cambrian Series 2, Stage 3, 518.03 Ma
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Holotype of I. maotianshanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: †Radiodonta
Genus: †Innovatiocaris
Zeng et al., 2022
Type species
†Innovatiocaris maotianshanensis
Zeng et al., 2022
Other species
  • †I.? multispiniformis Zeng et al., 2022
  • †I.? sp. Zeng et al., 2022

Innovatiocaris (meaning "innovation crab") is a genus of radiodont of uncertain family from the early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte of Yunnan Province, China. The genus contains two named species, I. maotianshanensis, known from a nearly complete young individual measuring up to 15.2 cm (6.0 in) and isolated frontal appendages, and I.? multispiniformis, known from a complete frontal appendage.[1]

  1. ^ Zeng, Han; Zhao, Fangchen; Zhu, Maoyan (2022-09-07). "Innovatiocaris, a complete radiodont from the early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte and its implications for the phylogeny of Radiodonta". Journal of the Geological Society. 180. doi:10.1144/jgs2021-164. ISSN 0016-7649. S2CID 252147346.