Anthracocaris
| Anthracocaris Temporal range: | |
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| Illustration of two fossils of A. scotica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Tanaidacea |
| Suborder: | †Anthracocaridomorpha |
| Family: | †Anthracocarididae Brooks, 1962 |
| Genus: | †Anthracocaris Calman, 1933 |
| Species: | †A. scotica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Anthracocaris scotica (Peach, 1882) | |
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Anthracocaris 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.