Iliella

Iliella spinosa is an extinct species of kazacharthran branchiopod crustaceans from the Lower Jurassic of Kazakhstan.[1] It had a unique carapace that was shaped like a spiny double-oval.[1]

Iliella spinosa
Temporal range: Lower Jurassic
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Branchiopoda
Order:
Kazacharthra
Family:
Ketmeniidae
Genus:
Iliella

Chernyshev, 1940 [1]
Species:
I. spinosa
Binomial name
Iliella spinosa
Chernyshev, 1940

References
  1. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Arthropoda, Part Q


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