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Dictyocaris

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca

Taxonomy
Dictyocaris was named by Salter (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl D l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phyllocarida by Brooks et al. (1969); and to Archaeostraca by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
D. ramsayi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Dictyocaris Salter
1969Dictyocaris Brooks et al. p. R325
2002Dictyocaris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
orderArchaeostracaClaus 1888
genusDictyocarisSalter 1860

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. †Dictyocaris Salter 1860
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†Dictyocaris ramsayi Salter 1860
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: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Rootsikula or 438.50000 to 422.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (South Lanarkshire) D. ramsayi (237854)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Scotland) D. sp. (23297 23301 23302)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (Scotland) D. slimoni (26907)
Rootsikula426.2 - 422.9Norway D. slimoni (14308)
Ludfordian - Silurian425.6 - 419.2United Kingdom (Wales) D. sp. (10634)