A new genus and species of fossil decapod, Jilinocaris chinensis, is described from the Late Cretaceous of northern China. Although incompletely preserved, enough anatomy is visible to suggest that this species represents the rst fossil example of the Stenopodidea and is tentatively assigned to the family Spongicolidae.
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