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Sairocaris elongata

Malacostraca - Hoplostraca - Sairocarididae

Taxonomy
Ceratiocaris elongatus was named by Peach (1882). Its type specimen is GSE 5795, a carapace, and it is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Sairocaris elongata by Schram (1973), Schram (1979).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Ceratiocaris scorpioides Peach
1882Ceratiocaris elongatus Peach p. 74 figs. Pl 7, figs 2-2f
1883Acanthocaris attenuatus Peach p. 512 figs. Pl 28, figs 1-1c
1973Sairocaris elongata Schram p. 90
1979Sairocaris elongata Schram p. 34 figs. 6-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
orderHoplostraca
familySairocarididae
genusSairocaris
specieselongata(Peach 1882)

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.

†Sairocaris elongata Peach 1882
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Invalid names: Acanthocaris attenuatus Peach 1883 [synonym], Ceratiocaris scorpioides Peach 1882 [synonym]
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
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