Douglasocaris

Douglasocaris; Temporal range: Middle Ordovician to Middle Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Holotype of Douglasocaris collinsi, from the Douglas Lake Member of Lenoir Limestone, at Douglas Dam, Tennessee[1] 1956.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Notostraca
Family:	Douglasocaridae
Genus:	Douglasocaris; Caster & Brooks 1956<[1]
Type species
	Douglasocaris collinsi; Caster & Brooks 1956

Douglasocaris is a genus of Notostraca fossil from the Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian, 460 million years old) Douglas Lake Member of the Lenoir Limestone from Douglas Dam Tennessee.[2]

Type specimen of Douglasocaris collinsi

Counterpart of type specimen of Douglasocaris collinsi'

Description

Douglasocaris is a fossil phyllocarida.

Like living Triops, Douglasocaris was a freshwater aquatic animal.

Caster, K.E., and Brooks, H.K. (1956). "New fossils from the Canadian-Chazyan (Ordovician) hiatus in Tennessee". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 36: 157–199.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Retallack, G.J. (2019). "Ordovician land plants and fungi from Douglas Dam, Tennessee". The Palaeobotanist. 68: 1–33.

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