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Tyrannophontes

Malacostraca - Stomatopoda - Tyrannophontidae

Taxonomy
Tyrannophontes was named by Schram (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp-l C Step-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Tyrannophontes theridion. It is the type genus of Tyrannophontidae.

It was assigned to Stomatopoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tyrannophontidae by Schram (1969), Schram (2010).

Species
T. acanthocercus, T. theridion (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Tyrannophontes Schram p. 260
2002Tyrannophontes Sepkoski
2010Tyrannophontes Schram p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
infraclassHoplocarida(Calman 1904)
orderStomatopodaLatreille
suborderArchaeostomatopodea
familyTyrannophontidae
genusTyrannophontes

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. †Tyrannophontes Schram 1969
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†Tyrannophontes acanthocercus Jenner et al. 1998
†Tyrannophontes theridion Schram 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Serpukhovian to the top of the Kasimovian or 330.30000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Montana) T. acanthocercus (157238)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4United Kingdom (Scotland) T. sp. (235483)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Illinois) T. theridion (230306)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) T. theridion (237042)