Oxyuropoda Carpenter and Swain 1908 (arthropod)

Malacostraca - Eumalacostraca

Full reference: G. H. Carpenter and I. Swain. 1908. A new Devonian isopod from Kiltorcan, County Kilkenny. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section B: Biological, Geological, and Chemical Science 27:61-67

Parent taxon: Peracarida according to N. Robin et al. 2021

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphipoda, Bochusacea, Diaphanosoma, Hemicaridea, Lophogastrida, Mancoida, Mictacea, Mysida, Pygocephalomorpha, Stygiomysida, Thermosbaenacea

Subtaxa: Oxyuropoda ligioides

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Type: Oxyuropoda ligioides

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Kiltorkan Quarry (Devonian of Ireland)

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