Tags: Crustacean.
Lepidocaris rhyniensis is an extinct species of crustacean. It is the only species known from the order Lipostraca and is the only abundant animal in the Rhynie chert deposits. It resembles modern Anostraca to which it is probably closely related although its relationships to other orders remain unclear. The body is 3 mm (0.12 in) long with 23 body segments and 19 pairs of appendages but no carapace. It occurred chiefly among charophytes probably in alkaline temporary pools.
