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Anthracophausiidae

Malacostraca - Euphausiacea - Anthracophausiidae

Taxonomy
Anthracophausiidae was named by Brooks (1962).

It was assigned to Eocaridacea by Brooks et al. (1969), Schram (1979); and to Euphausiacea by Hegna et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Anthracophausiidae Brooks
1969Anthracophausiidae Brooks et al. p. R343
1979Anthracophausiidae Schram p. 67
2020Anthracophausiidae Hegna et al. p. 24

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderEuphausiaceaDana 1852
familyAnthracophausiidaeBrooks 1962
familyAnthracophausiidaeBrooks 1962

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. †Anthracophausiidae Brooks 1962
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Invalid names: Crangopsis couttsi Peach 1908 [synonym], Crangopsis hastata Peach 1908 [synonym], Crangopsis magna Peach 1908 [synonym], Crangopsis rhodesi Peach 1908 [synonym], Palaemysis couttsi Peach 1908 [synonym], Palaemysis dunlopi Peach 1908 [synonym], Palaemysis tenuis Peach 1908 [synonym]
†Anthracophausia rheamsi Vohs et al. 2023
Invalid names: Palaemysis [synonym]
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: base of the Visean to the top of the Moscovian or 346.70000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Anthracophausia sp., Palaemysis sp. (220874)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Palaemysis sp. (134654)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9USA (Alabama) Anthracophausia rheamsi (232430)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Illinois) Anthracophausia ingelsorum (157801)