Lenisicaris

Lenisicaris
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3 to Cambrian Stage 4 521–509 Ma
A reconstruction of L. lupata's frontal appendage
A fossil of L. pennsylvanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: Radiodonta
Family: Anomalocarididae
Genus: Lenisicaris
Wu et al, 2021
Type species
Lenisicaris lupata
Wu et al., 2021
Other species
  • L. pennsylvanica
    (Resser, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Anomalocaris pennsylvanica
    (Resser, 1929)

Lenisicaris is a Cambrian anomalocaridid radiodont, known from the Maotianshan Shales of China and the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.[1]

  1. ^ Wu, Yu; Ma, Jiaxin; Lin, Weiliang; Sun, Ao; Zhang, Xingliang; Fu, Dongjing (1 May 2021). "New anomalocaridids (Panarthropoda: Radiodonta) from the lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte: Biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic implications". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 569. Bibcode:2021PPP...56910333W. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110333. S2CID 233565727.