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
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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