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Archaeocaris

Malacostraca - Palaeostomatopoda - Archaeocarididae

Taxonomy
Archaeocaris was named by Meek (1872) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2,1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Archaeocaris vermiformis. It is the type genus of Archaeocarididae.

It was assigned to Perimecturidae by Brooks (1969) and Glaessner (1969); to Palaeostomatopodea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Archaeocarididae by Schram (2010).

Species
A. vermiformis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Archaeocaris Meek
1969Archaeocaris Brooks p. R535
1969Archaeocaris Glaessner p. R535
2002Archaeocaris Sepkoski
2010Archaeocaris Schram p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
infraclassHoplocarida(Calman 1904)
orderPalaeostomatopodaBrooks 1962
familyArchaeocarididaeSchram 2008
genusArchaeocarisMeek 1872

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. †Archaeocaris Meek 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available