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Gonatocaris

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae

Taxonomy
Gonatocaris is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Gonatocaris Brooks et al. p. R316
2002Gonatocaris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
orderArchaeostracaClaus 1888
suborderCeratiocaridina(Clark 1900)
familyCeratiocarididaeSalter 1860
genusGonatocaris

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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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: Pridoli or 423.00000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) G. sp. (26089)