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Jeholops

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Kingdom
  
Subphylum
  
Order
  
Scientific name
  
Jeholops hongi

Phylum
  
Class
  
Species
  
J. hongi

Rank
  
Genus

Jeholops

Similar
  
Lepidurus, Notostraca, Clam shrimp, Triops cancriformis, Branchiopoda

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

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

References

Jeholops Wikipedia


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