Jeholops

{{Speciesbox | name = ''Jeholops hongi'' | fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Barremian}} | image = Jeholops_Chenops.jpg | image_caption = ''Jeholops'' (left), ''Chenops'' {right} | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Hegna & Ren, 2010 | taxon = Jeholops hongi | authority = Hegna & Ren, 2010 }}

'''''Jeholops''''' is an extinct genus of notostracan which existed in the Yixian Formation, inner Mongolia, China during the early Cretaceous period (Barremian age).<ref name=Hegna>{{cite journal |author=Thomas A. Hegna |author2=Ren Dong |year=2010 |title=Two new "notostracans", ''Chenops'' gen. nov. and ''Jeholops'' gen. nov. (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: ?Notostraca) from the Yixian Formation, Northeastern China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=886–894 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00232.x|bibcode=2010AcGlS..84..886H |s2cid=85023596 }}</ref> It was described by Thomas A. Hegna and Ren Dong in 2010, and the only species is '''''Jeholops hongi'''''.<ref name=Hegna/>

As with the genus ''Chenops'', and unlike the modern genera ''Triops'' or ''Lepidurus'', ''Jeholops'' lacked eyes.

==See also== * ''Chenops''

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Notostraca Category:Monotypic Branchiopoda genera Category:Monotypic prehistoric crustacean genera Category:Early Cretaceous crustaceans Category:Fossil taxa described in 2010 Category:Yixian fauna Category:Barremian genera Category:Early Cretaceous arthropods of Asia