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Grauvogelocaris alsatica

Branchiopoda - Diplostraca

Taxonomy
Grauvogelocaris alsatica was named by Geyer et al. (2024). It is not extant. Its type specimen is SMNS 75644-6a. Its type locality is Philippe quarry, near Vilsberg, which is in a Buntsandstein lacustrine - small shale/sandstone in the Voltzia Formation of France. It is the type species of Grauvogelocaris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Grauvogelocaris alsatica Geyer et al. p. 24 figs. 12A-B, ?C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
subclassPhyllopoda
superorderCalmanostracaTasch 1969
orderDiplostracaGerstecker 1866
genusGrauvogelocaris
speciesalsatica

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.

†Grauvogelocaris alsatica Geyer et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: suspension feederc
Diet 2: detritivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-07-21 10:04:49
Modified: 2010-02-04 14:45:55
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Buntsandstein or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Buntsandstein259.51 - 251.902France (Grand Est) Grauvogelocaris alsatica (type locality: 236576)