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Carinatacaris scaphoptera

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Rhinocarididae

Taxonomy
Rhinocaris scaphoptera was named by Hall and Clarke (1888). Its type specimen is NYSM 4577, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Carinatacaris.

It was recombined as Carinatacaris scaphoptera by Rode and Lieberman (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Rhinocaris scaphoptera Hall and Clarke pp. 197– 198 figs. pl. 31 f. 22-23
2002Carinatacaris scaphoptera Rode and Lieberman p. 282 fig. 5.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
orderArchaeostracaClaus 1888
suborderRhinocaridina
familyRhinocarididaeHall and Clarke 1888
genusCarinatacaris
speciesscaphoptera(Hall 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.

†Carinatacaris scaphoptera Hall and Clarke 1888
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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: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available