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Lophogastrida

Malacostraca - Lophogastrida

Taxonomy
Lophogastrida was named by Sars (1870). It is extant.

It was assigned to Malacostraca by Sepkoski (2002); and to Peracarida by Hegna et al. (2020).

Subtaxa
Eucopia, Eucopiidae, Gnathophausiidae, Lophogaster
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Lophogastrida Sars
2002Lophogastrida Sepkoski
2020Lophogastrida Hegna et al. p. 23

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
orderLophogastridaSars 1870
orderLophogastridaSars 1870

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.

Or. Lophogastrida Sars 1870
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Fm. Eucopiidae Dana 1852
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G. †Schimperella Bill 1914
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†Schimperella acanthocercus Taylor et al. 2001
†Schimperella beneckei Bill 1914
†Schimperella kessleri Bill 1914
G. †Yunnanocopia Feldmann et al. 2017
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†Yunnanocopia grandis Feldmann et al. 2017
†Yunnanocopia longicauda Feldmann et al. 2017
Fm. Gnathophausiidae Udrescu 1984
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G. Gnathophausia Willemoes-Suhm 1873
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aegean to the top of the Early/Lower Callovian or 246.70000 to 161.50000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 244.99 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Germany Schimperella kessleri (226204)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99France Schimperella beneckei (154038 226203)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99France (Bas-Rhin) Schimperella beneckei (206505) Schimperella sp. (206545)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99France (Moselle) Schimperella beneckei (206489 206490)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464France (Grand Est) Schimperella beneckei (206487)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Yunnan) Eucopiidae indet., Yunnanocopia grandis, Yunnanocopia longicauda (169408 183459)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Slovenia Schimperella sp. (166627)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0China (Guizhou) Schimperella acanthocercus (44717)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Eucopia praecursor, Lophogaster voultensis, Rhodanicaris depereti (58221)