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Cephalocarida

Cephalocarida

Taxonomy
Cephalocarida was named by Sanders (1955). It is extant.

It was assigned to Crustacea by Martin and Davis (2001); and to Allotriocarida by Oakley et al. (2013) and Lozano-Fernandez et al. (2019).

Subtaxa
Sister taxa
Brachypoda

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Cephalocarida Sanders
2001Cephalocarida Martin and Davis p. 58
2013Cephalocarida Oakley et al.
2019Cephalocarida Lozano-Fernandez et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
classCephalocaridaSanders 1955
classCephalocaridaSanders 1955

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.

Cl. Cephalocarida Sanders 1955
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Or. †Brachypoda Birshteyn 1960
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G. †Dala Muller 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Vision: blindc
Comments: ECOSPACE CODE: 322.c
Created: 2009-10-11 00:04:23
Modified: 2010-02-23 21:22:41
Source: c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Maentwrogian to the top of the Darriwilian or 501.00000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maentwrogian501.0 - 485.4Sweden Dala peilerta (9889)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4United Kingdom (Wales) Cephalocarida indet. (230215)