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Fujianocaris bifurcatus

Malacostraca - Tylocarididae

Taxonomy
Fujianocaris bifurcatus was named by Taylor et al. (1998). Its type specimen is NIGP 126323, an exoskeleton (Carapace and associated abdomen), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Xiangshuping, No 25 coal bed, Changta coal mine, Nanjing County, which is in a Capitanian coastal siliciclastic in the Tongziyan Formation of China. It is the type species of Fujianocaris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Fujianocaris bifurcatus Taylor et al. p. 818 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-5; text-figs 2b,3a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
suborderPygocephalomorphaBeurlen 1930
familyTylocarididae
genusFujianocaris
speciesbifurcatus

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.

Fujianocaris bifurcatus Taylor et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Capitanian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Fujian) Fujianocaris bifurcatus (type locality: 96861 96862)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hunan) Fujianocaris bifurcatus (96863)