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Peltocarididae

Malacostraca - Peltocarididae

Taxonomy
Peltocarididae was named by Clarke (1900). It is not extant. Its type is Peltocaris.

It was assigned to Discinocarina by Brooks et al. (1969).

Subtaxa
Peltocaris (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Peltocarididae Clarke
1969Peltocarididae Brooks et al. p. R329

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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)
suborderDiscinocarinaClarke 1900
familyPeltocarididaeClarke 1900
familyPeltocarididaeClarke 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.

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: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Aeronian or 440.50000 to 438.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Czechia Peltocaris aptychoides (14083)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6United Kingdom (England) Peltocaris sp. (454)