Chenops

Chenops is an extinct genus of notostracan which existed in the Yixian Formation, Inner Mongolia, and the Jehol fauna of China during the early Cretaceous period (Barremian age).^[1] The genus was erected by Thomas A. Hegna and Ren Dong in 2010 to describe the Yixian species, Chenops yixianensis.^[1] A second species, originally described as "Prolepidurus oblongus", from the Jehol fauna, was redescribed as C. oblongus.

Chenops Temporal range: Barremian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Branchiopoda
Order:	Notostraca
Genus:	Chenops Hegna & Ren, 2010
Species
C. oblongus (Oleynikov, 1968) C. yixianensis Hegna & Ren, 2010 (type)

As with the genus Jeholops, and unlike the modern genera Triops and Lepidurus, Chenops lacked eyes.

See also

• Jeholops