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Caryocaris cedarbergensis

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Caryocarididae

Taxonomy
Caryocaris cedarbergensis was named by Whittle et al. (2007). Its type specimen is C1971, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Keurbos Farm, southeast of Clanwilliam, which is in a Hirnantian marginal marine shale in the Cedarburg Formation of South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Caryocaris cedarbergensis Whittle et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
orderArchaeostracaClaus 1888
suborderCaryocaridina
familyCaryocarididaeRacheboeuf et al. 2000
genusCaryocarisSalter 1863
speciescedarbergensis

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.

†Caryocaris cedarbergensis Whittle et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available