Cinerocaris is an extinct genus of phyllocarid crustaceans known from the Silurian aged Coalbrookdale Formation in Herefordshire, England. It contains the species Cinerocaris magnifica.[1]

Cinerocaris
Temporal range: 425 Ma
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Cinerocaris

Briggs, Sutton, Siveter & Siveter, 2003
Species:
C. magnifica
Binomial name
Cinerocaris magnifica
Briggs, Sutton, Siveter & Siveter, 2003

References edit

  1. ^ Derek E. G. Briggs; Mark D. Sutton; David J. Siveter & Derek J. Siveter (2003). "A new phyllocarid (Crustacea: Malacostraca) from the Silurian Fossil-Lagerstätte of Herefordshire, UK". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 271 (1535): 131–138. doi:10.1098/rspb.2003.2593. PMC 1691579. PMID 15058388.