Thylacocephala - Concavicarida
Parent taxon: Thylacocephala according to S. Charbonnier 2019
See also Ehiro and Kato 2015, Laville et al. 2021, Schram 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ainiktozoon, Ankitokazocaris, Bohemiacaris, Conchyliocarida, Diplacanthocaris, Eodollocaris, Ligulacaris, Paraostenia, Polzia, Pseudoprotozoea, Rugocaris, Silesicaris, Stoppanicaris, Thylacares, Victoriacaris
Subtaxa: Austriocarididae Clausocarididae Concavicarididae Microcarididae Protozoeidae
Ecology: nektobenthic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (1)
• Triassic of Austria (1), China (2), Italy (3), Japan (1), Slovenia (1), United States (3: Idaho)
• Carboniferous of United States (6: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska)
• Devonian of Australia (1), Poland (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Silurian of United States (1: Wisconsin)
Total: 25 collections including 29 occurrences