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Galenocaris

Malacostraca

Taxonomy
Galenocaris was named by Wells (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-m]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Thylacocephala by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phyllocarida by Schram (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Galenocaris Wells
2002Galenocaris Sepkoski
2014Galenocaris Schram p. 342

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
genusGalenocarisWells 1944

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Galenocaris Wells 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-21 12:34:55
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:34:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available