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Ohiocaris

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Ohiocarididae

Taxonomy
Ohiocaris was named by Rolfe (1962) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-l D Fame-u Sepkoski's reference number: 425]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Ohiocarididae.

It was assigned to Archaeostraca by Sepkoski (2002); to Pephricaridina by Briggs et al. (2004); and to Ohiocarididae by Brooks et al. (1969) and Feldmann and Schweitzer (2019).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Ohiocaris Rolfe
1969Ohiocaris Brooks et al. p. R323
2002Ohiocaris Sepkoski
2004Ohiocaris Briggs et al. p. 136
2019Ohiocaris Feldmann and Schweitzer

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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
suborderPephricaridinavan Straelen 1933
familyOhiocarididaeRolfe 1962
genusOhiocarisRolfe 1962

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. †Ohiocaris Rolfe 1962
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Ohiocaris wycoffi Rolfe 1962
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: Famennian or 372.20000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Ohio) O. wycoffi (225952)