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Rhinocarididae

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Rhinocarididae

Taxonomy
Rhinocarididae was named by Hall and Clarke (1888). Its type is Rhinocaris.

It was assigned to Rhinocarina by Brooks et al. (1969); to Archaeostraca by Schram (1979); and to Rhinocaridina by Rode and Lieberman (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Rhinocarididae Hall and Clarke
1969Rhinocarididae Brooks et al. p. R332
1979Rhinocarididae Schram p. 33
2002Rhinocarididae Rode and Lieberman p. 280

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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
suborderRhinocaridina
familyRhinocarididaeHall and Clarke 1888
familyRhinocarididaeHall and Clarke 1888

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.

Fm. †Rhinocarididae Hall and Clarke 1888
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G. †Carinatacaris Rode and Lieberman 2002
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Carinatacaris scaphoptera Hall and Clarke 1888
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Dithyrocaris rolfei Schram and Horner 1978
G. †Mesothyra Hall 1888
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: base of the Givetian to the top of the Westphalian A or 387.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Ohio) Dithyrocaris neptuni (38459 38460)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Ohio) Dithyrocaris sp. (653) Mesothyra sp. (72276)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Dithyrocaris sp. (235483)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Ukraine Dithyrocaris sp. (228669)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Dithyrocaris sp. (124367)