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Cucumericus

Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae

Taxonomy
Cucumericrus was named by Hou et al. (1995).

It was misspelled as Cucumericrus by Bambach et al. (2007); it was corrected as Cucumericus by Hou et al. (1995), Briggs et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Anomalocardidae by Bambach et al. (2007); and to Anomalocarididae by Hou et al. (1995), Briggs et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Cucumericrus Hou et al. p. 174
1995Cucumericus Hou et al. p. 174
2007Cucumericrus Bambach et al.
2008Cucumericus Briggs et al. p. 241

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
RankNameAuthor
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
orderRadiodontaCollins 1996
familyAnomalocarididaeRaymond 1935
genusCucumericus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Cucumericus Hou et al. 1995
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Cucumericrus decoratus Hou et al. 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Adult height: 10^4 to < 10^5o
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektonicg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-20 18:44:12
Modified: 2009-02-20 20:44:12
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Ercai) Cucumericrus decoratus (10747)