Chenops

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.

Chenops
Temporal range: Barremian
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Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Branchiopoda
Order:
Notostraca
Genus:
Chenops

Hegna & Ren, 2010
Species
  • C. oblongus (Oleynikov, 1968)
  • C. yixianensis Hegna & Ren, 2010 (type)

Unlike other notostracan genera like Triops and Lepidurus, Chenops lacked eyes.

See also

Jeholops

References
  1. 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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