Anthracocaris
| Anthracocaris Temporal range:
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| Illustration of two fossils of A. scotica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Tanaidacea |
| Suborder: | †Anthracocaridomorpha |
| Family: | †Anthracocarididae Brooks, 1962 |
| Genus: | †Anthracocaris Calman, 1933 |
| Species: | †A. scotica
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| Binomial name | |
| †Anthracocaris scotica (Peach, 1882)
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Anthracocaris, from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax), meaning "coal", and καρίς (karís), meaning "shrimp", is an extinct genus of crustaceans which lived during the Early Carboniferous period in Scotland. It is the only genus in the family Anthracocarididae. The genus contains a single species, A. scotica, which was first named as a species of Palaeocaris in 1882, but later recognized to belong in a separate genus.