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Plenocaris

Taxonomy
Plenocaris is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Arthropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Plenocaris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
RankNameAuthor
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
genusPlenocaris

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: detritivoreg
Diet 2: carnivoreg
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Data from Briggs & Whittington (1985).g
Created: 2009-04-21 12:02:14
Modified: 2009-09-21 21:53:21
Source: g = genus
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Delamaran or 509.00000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) P. plena (84412 84420 84422 84424 84425 84426 84427 84428 84429 84430 84431 84433 84434 84437)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (Brithish Columbia) P. sp. (188662)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (215)