Thylacares Haug et al. 2014 (crustacean)

Thylacocephala

Full reference: C. Haug, D. E. G. Briggs, D. G. Mikulic, J. Kluessendorf, and J. T. Haug. 2014. The implications of a Silurian and other thylacocephalan crustaceans for the functional morphology and systematic affinities of the group. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14(159):1-15

Parent taxon: Thylacocephala according to C. Haug et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Ainiktozoon, Ankitokazocaris, Concavicarida, Conchyliocarida, Eodollocaris, Ligulacaris, Paraostenia, Polzia, Rugocaris, Silesicaris, Victoriacaris

Subtaxa: Thylacares brandonensis

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Type: Thylacares brandonensis

Ecology: nektobenthic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Waukesha Lime and Stone Company quarry (Silurian of Wisconsin)

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