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Altocrustacea

Taxonomy
Altocrustacea was named by Regier et al. (2010). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pancrustacea by Lozano-Fernandez et al. (2019).

Subtaxa
Allotriocarida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Altocrustacea Regier et al.
2019Altocrustacea Lozano-Fernandez et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010

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.

Unr. Altocrustacea Regier et al. 2010
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Supercl. Allotriocarida Oakley et al. 2013
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Unr. Athalassocarida Lozano-Fernandez et al. 2019
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Cl. Branchiopoda Latreille 1817 [branchiopod]
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Or. Anostraca Sars 1867
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Fm. Branchinectidae Daday de Deés 1910
G. Branchinella Sayce 1903
G. †Lepidocaris Scourfield 1926
Invalid names: Branchipodidae Simon 1886 [empty]
Fm. †Ketmeniidae Novozhilov 1957
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G. †Iliella Tschernyshev 1940
Subcl. Phyllopoda
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Superor. Calmanostraca Tasch 1969
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Invalid names: Pterocaris Barrande 1872 [replaced]
Invalid names: Branchipodiadae M'Coy 1849 [empty]
Invalid names: Sarsostraca Tasch 1969 [empty]
Unr. Labiocarida Schwentner et al. 2017
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Supercl. Hexapoda Latreille 1825
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Unr. Cercofilata Kukalová-Peck 1987
Unr. Ellipura Börner 1910
G. †Grammepus Hitchcock 1858
G. †Leverhulmia Anderson and Trewin 2003
G. †Onycholepisma Pierce 1951
Invalid names: Entognatha Hirst and Maulik 1926 [invalid subgroup]
Cl. Remipedia Yager 1981
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Or. †Enantiopoda Birshtein 1960
G. †Tanazios Siveter et al. 2007
Invalid names: Nectipoda Schram 1986 [empty]
Cl. Cephalocarida Sanders 1955
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Or. †Brachypoda Birshteyn 1960
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G. †Dala Muller 1983
G. †Rehbachiella Mueller 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2004-02-29 09:38:49
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:38:49
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Holocene or 521.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 516.0 Ma

Collections (5951 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0China (Hubei) Cycloconchoides venustus (201164)
Waucoban538.8 - 509.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Branchiopoda indet. (6850)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Germany (Brandenburg) Diplostraca indet. (24190)
Maentwrogian497.0 - 496.8Sweden Dala peilerta (9889) Rehbachiella kinnekullensis (9890)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Russian Federation (Leningrag oblast) Aulocopsis simplex (235818)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4United Kingdom (Wales) Hexapoda indet., Cephalocarida indet. (230215)
Letna - Harnagian460.9 - 457.2Czech Republic Quasicaris bohemica (3861)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom Tanazios dokeron (68060)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation Phyllopoda indet. (26668 26669 26670)
Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian419.2 - 382.7Belgium (territoire d'Estinnes-au-Monts) Estheria sp. (23258 23260)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Lepidocaris rhyniensis (10721) Leverhulmia mariae (153492) Rhyniella praecursor (164613 172777)
Late/Upper Eifelian389.6 - 387.7Germany Schizophora blankenheimensis (235174)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Pseudestheria plicata, Ulugkemia obrutschevi, Ulugkemia barykensis (60392)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Archaeognatha indet. (28246)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Belgium Strudiella devonica, Notostraca indet., Conchostraca indet., Anostraca indet. (131916)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Montana) Lioestheria sp. (123117)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Texas) Tesnusocaris goldichi (130654)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7Germany (Bitterfeld) Delitzschala bitterfeldensis (132797)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7Argentina Tupacsala niunamenos, Kirchnerala treintamil, Eugeropteridae indet. (166808)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Archimastax americanus (126550)