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Angustidontus

Malacostraca - Eocarida - Angustidontidae

Discussion

Originally interpreted as fish jaws; now considered "jaws of a shrimp" according to van der Laan (2019: 14) and others

Taxonomy
Angustidontus was named by Cooper (1936). Its type is Angustidontus seriatus. It is the type genus of Angustidontidae.

It was assigned to Angustidontidae by Cooper (1936).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Angustidontus Cooper p. 93

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
orderEocarida(Brooks 1962)
familyAngustidontidae
genusAngustidontus

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.

G. †Angustidontus Cooper 1936
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Angustidontus seriatus Cooper 1936
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Invalid names: Angustidontus gracilis Cooper 1936 [synonym], Angustidontus moravicus Chlupac 1978 [synonym], Angustidontus weihmannae Copeland and Bolton 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Kinderhookian or 372.15000 to 351.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Rhenish Massif) A. weihmannae (5960)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Poland (Świętokrzyskie) A. seriatus (242118)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Nevada) A. seriatus, A. gracilis (242114)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) A. seriatus (6730)