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Concavicarida

Thylacocephala - Concavicarida

Taxonomy
Concavicarida was named by Briggs and Rolfe (1983). It is not extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Thylacocephala by Laville et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Thylacocephala by Sepkoski (2002), Schram (2014), Ehiro and Kato (2015) and Charbonnier (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Concavicarida Briggs and Rolfe
2002Concavicarida Sepkoski
2014Concavicarida Schram p. 349
2015Concavicarida Ehiro and Kato p. 272
2019Concavicarida Charbonnier p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
EucrustaceaKingsley 1894
classThylacocephalaPinna et al. 1982
orderConcavicaridaBriggs and Rolfe 1983
orderConcavicaridaBriggs and Rolfe 1983

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.

Or. †Concavicarida Briggs and Rolfe 1983
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Fm. †Austriocarididae Schram 2014
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G. †Austriocaris Glaessner 1931
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Austriocaris carinata Glaessner 1931
Austriocaris striata Glaessner 1931
G. †Yangzicaris Shen 1983
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Fm. †Clausocarididae Arduini 1992
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G. †Clausocaris Polz 1989
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Clausocaris lithographica Oppenheim 1888
Clausocaris pinnae Arduini 1992
Clausocaris ribeti Secretan 1985
Invalid names: Clausia [replaced]
G. †Convexicaris Schram 1990
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Convexicaris mazonensis Schram 1990
Fm. †Concavicarididae Schram 2014
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G. †Concavicaris Rolfe 1961
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Concavicaris bradleyi Meek 1872
Concavicaris campi Briggs and Rolfe 1983
Concavicaris desiderata Barrande 1872
Concavicaris georgeorum Schram 1990
Concavicaris glenisteri Briggs and Rolfe 1983
Concavicaris incola Chlupac 1963
Concavicaris milesi Briggs and Rolfe 1983
Concavicaris playfordi Briggs and Rolfe 1983
Concavicaris remipes Schram 1990
Concavicaris sinuata Meek and Worthen 1868
Concavicaris woodfordi Cooper 1979
Invalid names: Colpocaris Meek 1872 [replaced]
G. †Harrycaris Briggs and Rolfe 1983
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Harrycaris whittingtoni Briggs and Rolfe 1983
Fm. †Microcarididae Schram 2014
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G. †Atropicaris Arduini and Brasca 1984
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Atropicaris rostrata Arduini and Brasca 1984
G. †Ferrecaris Calzada and Mane 1993
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Ferrecaris magransi Calzada and Mane 1993
G. †Microcaris Pinna 1974
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Microcaris minuta Pinna 1974
G. †Thylacocephalus Lange et al. 2003
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Thylacocephalus cymalopos Lange et al. 2003
Fm. †Protozoeidae Schram 2014
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G. †Protozoea Dames 1886
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Protozoea damesi Roger 1946
Protozoea hilgendorfi Dames 1836
G. †Pseuderichthus Dames 1836
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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: base of the Telychian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 438.50000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Wisconsin) Concavicarida indet. (91415)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (Western Australia) Concavicaris elytroides (225149)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) Concavicaris sp. (6730)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Concavicaris georgeorum, Convexicaris mazonensis (112637)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) Concavicaris sinuata (50933 51008 51013)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Iowa) Concavicaris sinuata (51016)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Slovenia Microcaris minuta (166628)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Austria Austriocaris carinata, Austriocaris striata (118111)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Microcaris minuta (83370)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Italy (Lombardia) Microcaris minuta (59639)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Clausia ribeti (58221)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Clausocaris lithographica (122880)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon Protozoea hilgendorfi (213175)