Hegna and Ren suggest that the genus may include one poorly-known living species, Lepidurus batesoni Longhurst 1955 is in need of redescription from new material. Otherwise the genus is monotypic, including only the species Chenops yixianensis.
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Full reference: T. A. Hegna and D. Ren. 2010. Two new "notostracans", Chenops gen. nov. and Jeholops gen. nov. (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: ?Notostraca) from the Yixian Formation, northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 84(4):886-894
Parent taxon: Notostraca according to T. A. Hegna and D. Ren 2010
Sister taxa: Apodites, Jeholops, Triopsidae
Subtaxa: Chenops oblongus Chenops yixianensis
Type: Chenops yixianensis
Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Shimen village, Pingquan County, Chenops yixianensis type locality (Cretaceous of China)
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