Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae
Alternative combination: Ceratiocaris bohemicus
Synonyms: Ceratiocaris docens Barrande 1872, Ceratiocaris gigas Jones and Woodward 1888, Ceratiocaris inaequalis Barrande 1868, Ceratiocaris murchisoni La Touche 1884, Ceratiocaris tyrannus Salter 1878, Eurypterus leptonotus Barrande 1868, Leptonotus bohemicus Barrande 1856
Belongs to Ceratiocaris according to J. H. Collette and J. W. Hagadorn 2010
See also Barrande 1872
Sister taxa: Ceratiocaris (Bohemicaris), Ceratiocaris (Colpocaris), Ceratiocaris (Limnocaris), Ceratiocaris acuminata, Ceratiocaris berdanae, Ceratiocaris debilis, Ceratiocaris decipiens, Ceratiocaris longicauda, 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:
• Silurian to Devonian of Italy (1 collection)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (12), France (1), Italy (2)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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