Lenisicaris
| Lenisicaris Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3 to Cambrian Stage 4
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| A reconstruction of L. lupata's frontal appendage | |
| Reconstruction of the frontal appendage of L. pennsylvanica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Stem group: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Dinocaridida |
| Order: | †Radiodonta |
| Family: | †Anomalocarididae |
| Genus: | †Lenisicaris Wu et al, 2021 |
| Type species | |
| †Lenisicaris lupata Wu et al., 2021
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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.