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Discinocarina

Malacostraca

Taxonomy
Discinocarina was named by Clarke (1900). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phyllocarida by Clarke (1900).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Discinocarina Clarke

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
suborderDiscinocarinaClarke 1900
suborderDiscinocarinaClarke 1900

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.

Subor. †Discinocarina Clarke 1900
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Fm. †Discinocarididae Etheridge et al. 1885
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†Discinocaris browniana Woodward 1866
Fm. †Peltocarididae Clarke 1900
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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: base of the Blackriveran to the top of the Aeronian or 457.30000 to 438.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Discinocaris sp. (328)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Czechia Discinocaris disliana, Peltocaris aptychoides (14083)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62United Kingdom (Scotland) Discinocaris browniana (144951)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6United Kingdom (England) Discinocaris sp. (453) Peltocaris sp. (454)