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Jilinicaris chinensis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Stenopodidea |
| Family: | Spongicolidae |
| Genus: |
Jilinicaris Schram, Shen, Vonk & Taylor, 2000 |
| Species: | J. chinensis |
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Jilinicaris chinensis Schram, Shen, Vonk & Taylor, 2000 |
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Jilinicaris is an extinct genus of crustacean in the order Decapoda, and is the earliest fossil assigned to the Stenopodidea, having been found in rocks of Late Cretaceous age.