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Eocarida

Malacostraca

Taxonomy
Eocarida was named by Brooks (1962).

It was reranked as the superorder Eocarida by Schram (1979).

It was assigned to Eumalacostraca by Schram (1979).

Sister taxa
Eocaridacea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Eocarida Schram p. 61

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
superorderEocarida(Brooks 1962)
superorderEocarida(Brooks 1962)

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.

Superor. †Eocarida Brooks 1962
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Or. †Eocaridacea Brooks 1962
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Fm. †Belotelsonidae Schram 1974
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Belotelson traquairi Peach 1882
Fm. †Eocarididae Brooks 1962
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G. †Eocaris
G. †Essoidea
Fm. †Waterstonellidae Schram 1979
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G. †Waterstonella Schram 1979
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G. †Peachocaris Schram 1976
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Peachocaris acanthouraea Schram 1984
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 Visean to the top of the Missourian or 346.70000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Waterstonella sp. (220874)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Iowa) Peachocaris acanthouraea (51016)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) Peachocaris acanthouraea (51013)