''Cinerocaris'' is an extinct genus of

phyllocarid Phyllocarida is a subclass of crustaceans, comprising the extant order Leptostraca Leptostraca (from the Greek words for ''thin'' and ''shell'') is an order of small, marine crustaceans. Its members, including the well-studied '' Nebalia'', oc ...

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...

s known from the

Silurian The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozoi ...

aged Coalbrookdale Formation in Herefordshire, England. It contains the species ''Cinerocaris magnifica''.

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Prehistoric Malacostraca Prehistoric crustacean genera Silurian crustaceans Silurian animals of Europe {{paleo-crustacean-stub