Lenisicaris
| Lenisicaris Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3 to Cambrian Stage 4 | |
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| A reconstruction of L. lupata's frontal appendage | |
| A fossil of L. pennsylvanica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| 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.