Tesnusocaris

{{Short description|Extinct genus of crustaceans}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = † Tesnusocaris goldichi

| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Lower Pennsylvanian}}

| image = Tesnusocaris goldichi.png

| image_caption = Tesnusocaris goldichi

| parent_authority = Brooks, 1955

| taxon = Tesnusocaris goldichi

| authority = Brooks, 1955 

}}

Tesnusocaris goldichi is an extinct species of remipedianNeiber, Marco T., et al. "Global biodiversity and phylogenetic evaluation of Remipedia (Crustacea)." PLoS One 6.5 (2011): e19627. crustacean that lived in the Pennsylvanian period, one of the two representatives of the extinct remipedian order Enantiopoda.{{cite journal |author=Marco T. Neiber |author2=Tamara R. Hartke |author3=Torben Stemme |author4=Alexandra Bergmann |author5=Jes Rust |author6=Thomas M. Iliffe |author7=Stefan Koenemann |name-list-style=amp |year=2011 |title=Global biodiversity and phylogenetic evaluation of Remipedia (Crustacea) |journal=PLoS One |volume=6 |issue=5 |page=e19627 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0019627 |pmid=21625553 |pmc=3098257 |bibcode=2011PLoSO...619627N |doi-access=free }} Its fossil is from the Lower Pennsylvanian (Paleozoic, Carboniferous) Tesnus formation, Texas.{{cite journal |author=H. K. Brooks |year=1955 |title=A crustacean from the Tesnus formation (Pennsylvanian) of Texas |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=29 |issue=5 |pages=852–856 |jstor=1300405}} The other known enantiopod remipedian is Cryptocaris hootchi of the Mazon Creek fauna.