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Dithyrocaris

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Rhinocarididae

Taxonomy
Dithyrocaris is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rhinocarididae by Schram (1979); and to Archaeostraca by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Dithyrocaris Schram p. 33
2002Dithyrocaris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
orderArchaeostracaClaus 1888
suborderRhinocaridina
familyRhinocarididaeHall and Clarke 1888
genusDithyrocaris

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.

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Dithyrocaris rolfei Schram and Horner 1978
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 19:34:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Westphalian A or 387.95000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) D. neptuni (38459 38460)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Ohio) D. sp. (653)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4United Kingdom (Scotland) D. sp. (235483)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Ukraine D. sp. (228669)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (124367)