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Branchiura
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Rank | subclass (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Branchiura | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (13%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. W. Martin and G. E. Davis. 2001. An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series (39):1-124 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Arguloida order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Cyclida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 269 Ma Permian | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1864 | Branchiura Thorell |
2001 | Branchiura Martin and Davis p. 60 |
References
Martin J. W., Davis G. E. (2001) An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series 39, 1-124 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!