Jeholops
| Jeholops hongi Temporal range: Barremian | |
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| Jeholops (left), Chenops {right} | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Notostraca |
| Genus: | Jeholops Hegna & Ren, 2010 |
| Species: | J. hongi |
| Binomial name | |
| Jeholops hongi Hegna & Ren, 2010 | |
Jeholops is an extinct genus of notostracan which existed in the Yixian Formation, inner Mongolia, China during the early Cretaceous period (Barremian age).[1] It was described by Thomas A. Hegna and Ren Dong in 2010, and the only species is Jeholops hongi.[1]
As with the genus Chenops, and unlike the modern genera Triops or Lepidurus, Jeholops lacked eyes.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.