Innovatiocaris

Innovatiocaris
Temporal range: Cambrian Series 2, Stage 3,
Holotype of I. maotianshanensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Dinocaridida
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 individual measuring over 14.6 cm (5.7 in) and isolated frontal appendages, and I.? multispiniformis, known from a complete frontal appendage.

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