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Parisicaris rectilineatus

Thylacocephala - Concavicarida - Microcarididae

Taxonomy
Microcaris rectilineatus was named by Ji et al. (2021). Its type specimen is NIGPAS 171265, a carapace, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Majiashan quarry, bed 605, which is in a Spathian basinal (siliciclastic) mudstone in the Nanlinghu Formation of China.

It was recombined as Parisicaris rectilineatus by Ehiro and Kano (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Microcaris rectilineatus Ji et al. p. 312 figs. 2, 3, 5.1
2024Parisicaris rectilineatus Ehiro and Kano p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
—EucrustaceaKingsley 1894
classThylacocephalaPinna et al. 1982
orderConcavicaridaBriggs and Rolfe 1983
familyMicrocarididaeSchram 2014
genusParisicaris
speciesrectilineatus()

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.

†Parisicaris rectilineatus Ji et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-04-21 09:54:11
Modified: 2010-02-06 06:20:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Anhui) Microcaris rectilineatus (type locality: 236949)