Ostenocaris

Ostenocaris is a Jurassic species of giant Thylacocephalan crustacean, sufficiently distinct from its relatives to be placed in its own family, Ostenocarididae. It is believed to be a bethonic animal and one of the most important necrophagus animals of its environment.[3][4]

Ostenocaris
Temporal range: Early Jurassic
Reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Thylacocephala
Order: †Conchyliocarida
Family: †Ostenocarididae
Arduini, Pinna & Teruzzi, 1980[1]
Genus: †Ostenocaris
Arduini, Pinna & Teruzzi, 1980
Species:
†O. cypriformis
Binomial name
†Ostenocaris cypriformis
Arduini, Pinna & Teruzzi, 1980[2]

Distribution
Fossil & Model

Ostenocaris lived during the Sinemurian age of the Lower Jurassic), and has been found in rocks at two sites in the Italian Lombardische Kieselkalk Formation. This formation is known for its good preservation, with fossils of annelids, fishes, and plants.[5]

References
  1. Arduini, P., Pinna, G., & Teruzzi, G. (1984). Ostenocaris nom. nov. pro Ostenia Arduini, Pinna e Teruzzi, 1980. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano Milano, 125(1-2).
  2. Arduini, P., Pinna, G., & Teruzzi, G. (1984). Ostenocaris nom. nov. pro Ostenia Arduini, Pinna e Teruzzi, 1980. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano Milano, 125(1-2).
  3. Pinna, G., Arduini, P., Pesarini, C., & Teruzzi, G. (1985). Some controversial aspects of the morphology and anatomy of Ostenocaris cypriformis (Crustacea, Thylacocephala). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 76(2-3), 373-379.
  4. Duffin, C.J., 1998, Ostenoselache stenosoma n.g., n.sp., a new neoselachianshark from the Sinemurian (Early Jurassic) of Osteno (Lombardy, Italy):Palaeontologica Lombarda, v. 9, p. 1-27. Page:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259952888_Ostenoselache_stenosoma_ng_nsp_a_new_neoselachian_shark_from_the_Sinemurian_Early_Jurassic_of_Osteno_Lombardy_Italy
  5. Pinna, G. (1985). Exceptional preservation in the Jurassic of Osteno. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, 311(1148), 171-180.


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