Ostenocaris is a Jurassic species of giant Thylacocephalan crustacean, sufficiently distinct from its relatives to be placed in its own family, Ostenocarididae. It comprises at least two known species
Ostenocaris cypriformis fossil and reconstructive model; the latter shows the life position as originally interpreted, with the "cephalic sac" lacking eyes downward (assumed partially sunken into the bottom sediments).