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Ceratiocaris longicauda

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae

Taxonomy
Dithyrocaris longicauda was named by Sharpe (1853). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Buçaco, Serra de Bussaco, which is in a Kralodvorian marine ironstone in the Porto de Santa Anna Formation of Portugal.

It was recombined as Ceratiocaris longicauda by Braddy et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Dithyrocaris longicauda Sharpe pp. 152-153
2004Ceratiocaris longicauda Braddy et al. p. 259

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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
suborderCeratiocaridina(Clark 1900)
familyCeratiocarididaeSalter 1860
genusCeratiocaris
specieslongicauda()

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.

†Ceratiocaris longicauda Sharpe 1853
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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

Age range: Kralodvorian or 449.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Portugal Dithyrocaris longicauda (166718)