Lenisicaris
Sign in to saveLenisicaris, from Latin lēnis, meaning "smooth", and Ancient Greek καρίς (karís), meaning "shrimp", is an extinct Cambrian anomalocaridid radiodont, known from the Maotianshan Shales of China and the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.
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Lenisicaris, from Latin lēnis, meaning "smooth", and Ancient Greek καρίς (karís), meaning "shrimp", is an extinct Cambrian anomalocaridid radiodont, known from the Maotianshan Shales of China and the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.
==Discovery and naming==
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