Genus Juraniscus nov.

ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: ECBE11A9-9E38-4D59- AAC2-9774EADEF2DD

Type species: Juraniscus majeri sp. nov., by monotypy, see below.

Etymology: A combination of Jura -, referring to the Jurassic period, and the - niscus derived from the generic name Mauroniscus, the genus that, of all the extant melyrid lineage members, resembles the new fossil genus the most. Masculine in gender.

Diagnosis.—As for the type species by monotypy.