Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae
Alternative combination: Dithyrocaris longicauda
Full reference: D. Sharpe. 1853. Descriptions of the new species of Zoophyta and Mollusca (appendix B to Ribeiro, Carlos, Carboniferous and Silurian formation of the neighborhood of Bussaco in Portugal). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 9(1):143-158
Belongs to Ceratiocaris according to S. Braddy et al. 2004
See also Sharpe 1853
Sister taxa: Ceratiocaris (Bohemicaris), Ceratiocaris (Colpocaris), Ceratiocaris (Limnocaris), Ceratiocaris acuminata, Ceratiocaris berdanae, Ceratiocaris bohemica, Ceratiocaris debilis, Ceratiocaris decipiens, Ceratiocaris maccoyanus, Ceratiocaris macroura, Ceratiocaris papilio, Ceratiocaris praecedens, Ceratiocaris primulus, Ceratiocaris pusillus, Ceratiocaris scharyi, Ceratiocaris silicula, Ceratiocaris solenoides, Ceratiocaris tardus, Ceratiocaris telleri
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Buçaco, Serra de Bussaco (Ordovician of Portugal)
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