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Ceratiocaris pusilla

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae

Taxonomy
Ceratiocaris pusillus was named by Matthew (1889). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Rhinocaris pusilla by Matthew (1898); it was corrected as Ceratiocaris pusilla by Jones (1890), Jones et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Ceratiocaris pusillus Matthew
1890Ceratiocaris pusilla Jones
1898Rhinocaris pusilla Matthew
2010Ceratiocaris pusillus Collette and Hagadorn p. 806 figs. 5.3, 5.4
2015Ceratiocaris pusilla Jones et al. p. 1014 figs. 5.1-5.6, 6.1-6.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
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
speciespusilla(Matthew 1889)

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 pusilla Matthew 1889
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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: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Pridoli or 438.60000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Wisconsin) Ceratiocaris pusilla (232766)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Wisconsin) Ceratiocaris pusilla (91415)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Canada (New Brunswick) Ceratiocaris pusilla (161318)