Clausocaris

Clausocaris is an extinct genus of Thylacocephalan containing the single species Clausocaris lithographica from the Tithonian aged Solnhofen Limestone in Germany.[1] It was originally named Clausia by Oppenheim in 1888, but was later changed to Clausocaris. The morphology suggests a lifestyle of a mobile or ambush oceanic predator. It was active during the Jurassic period.[2]

Clausocaris
Temporal range: Tithonian
reconstruction of Clausocaris lithographica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Thylacocephala
Order: Conchyliocarida
Genus: Clausocaris
Species:
C. lithographica
Binomial name
Clausocaris lithographica
Polz, 1989
Clausoclaris lithographica specimen

Fossils have shown a carapace covering the bulk of its body, with compound eyes, possible gills, and also "raptorial appendages" controlled by "substantial striated muscles."[2]

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