Caryocaris Salter 1863 (arthropod)

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Caryocarididae

Parent taxon: Caryocarididae according to J. H. Collette and J. W. Hagadorn 2010

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Whittle et al. 2007

Sister taxon: Haplocaris

Subtaxa: Caryocaris (Rhinopterocaris) Caryocaris cedarbergensis Caryocaris subula Caryocaris wrightii

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Type: Caryocaris wrightii

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of United States (2: Alaska, Oklahoma collections)

• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (2)

• Klabava of the Czech Republic (1)

• Arenig of Bolivia (1), China (3), Norway (1)

• Ningkuo of China (1)

• Arenigian of United States (1: Alaska)

• Canadian of United States (1: Nevada)

• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (1: Northwest Terrorities), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), South Africa (1), United States (11: Alaska, Nevada, New York)

• Tremadoc of China (2)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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