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Ostenocaris

Thylacocephala - Conchyliocarida - Ostenocarididae

Taxonomy
Ostenocaris was named by Arduini et al. (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen J Sine-l Sepkoski's reference number: 531,619]. It is not extant. Its type is Ostenocaris cypriformis. It is the type genus of Ostenocarididae.

It was assigned to Conchyliocarida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ostenocarididae by Schram (2014), Ehiro and Kato (2015).

Species
O. cypriformis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Ostenocaris Arduini et al.
2002Ostenocaris Sepkoski
2014Ostenocaris Schram p. 353
2015Ostenocaris Ehiro and Kato p. 279

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
subphylumCrustaceaBrĂ¼nnich 1772
EucrustaceaKingsley 1894
classThylacocephalaPinna et al. 1982
orderConchyliocaridaSecretan 1985
familyOstenocarididaeSchram 2014
genusOstenocarisArduini et al. 1984

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. †Ostenocaris Arduini et al. 1984
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Ostenocaris cypriformis Arduini et al. 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-04-21 09:54:11
Modified: 2010-02-06 06:20:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Bucklandi or 248.10000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Japan O. sp. (173664)
Bucklandi199.5 - 192.9Italy O. cypriformis (90673)