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Philosciidae

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Philosciidae

Taxonomy
Philosciidae was named by Kinahan (1857). It is extant.

It was assigned to Oniscidea by Schmalfuss (1984) and Broly et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Philosciidae Kinahan
1984Philosciidae Schmalfuss p. 12
2017Philosciidae Broly et al. p. 1038

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
Mancoida
orderIsopodaLatreille 1817
suborderOniscidea
familyPhilosciidaeKinahan 1857
familyPhilosciidaeKinahan 1857

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. Philosciidae Kinahan 1857
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G. †Aquitanoscia Broly et al. 2017
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Aquitanoscia chiapasensis Broly et al. 2017
Aquitanoscia maternus Broly et al. 2017
G. Philoscia Latreille 1804
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 Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Aquitanoscia chiapasensis, Aquitanoscia maternus (150408)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Philosciidae indet. (122474)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Philoscia spp. (224573)