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Dioxycaris

Malacostraca

Taxonomy
Dioxycaris was named by Gurich (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto Cm uMid-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Thylacocephala by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phyllocarida by Schram (2014).

Species lacking formal opinion data
D. argenta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Dioxycaris Gurich
2002Dioxycaris Sepkoski
2014Dioxycaris Schram p. 342

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
genusDioxycarisGurich 1929

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. †Dioxycaris Gurich 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-21 12:34:55
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:34:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Delamaran or 509.70000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) D. argenta (77218)