page_title: Clausocaris
hierarchical_section_title: Clausocaris
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Fossil of Clausocaris, an extinct thylacocephalan- Took the photo at Fossil Show, Munchen 2011
context_page_description: Clausocaris is an extinct genus of Thylacocephalan containing the single species Clausocaris lithographica from the Tithonian aged Solnhofen Limestone in Germany. It was originally named Clausia by Oppenheim in 1888, but was later changed to Clausocaris. The morphology suggests a lifestyle of a mobile or ambush oceanic predator. It was active during the Jurassic period.
  Fossils have shown a carapace covering the bulk of its body, with compound eyes, possible gills, and also "raptorial appendages" controlled by "substantial striated muscles."
context_section_description: Clausocaris is an extinct genus of Thylacocephalan containing the single species Clausocaris lithographica from the Tithonian aged Solnhofen Limestone in Germany. It was originally named Clausia by Oppenheim in 1888, but was later changed to Clausocaris. The morphology suggests a lifestyle of a mobile or ambush oceanic predator. It was active during the Jurassic period.
  Fossils have shown a carapace covering the bulk of its body, with compound eyes, possible gills, and also "raptorial appendages" controlled by "substantial striated muscles."
caption: Clausoclaris lithographica specimen
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