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Gonatocaris

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Gonatocarididae

Taxonomy
Gonatocaris was named by Guerich (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl-l]. It is the type genus of Gonatocarididae.

It was assigned to Ceratiocarididae by Brooks et al. (1969); to Archaeostraca by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gonatocarididae by Liu et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Gonatocaris Guerich
1969Gonatocaris Brooks et al. p. R316
2002Gonatocaris Sepkoski
2024Gonatocaris Liu et al. p. 10 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
orderArchaeostracaClaus 1888
suborderCaryocaridina
familyGonatocarididaeLiu et al. 2023
genusGonatocarisGuerich 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. †Gonatocaris Guerich 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: 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)