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Malacostraca
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| Rank | class (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6,919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2,317 (33%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 530 - 513 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Malacostraca) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Malacostraca) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | omnivore (based on Malacostraca) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Malacostraca) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Eumalacostracasubclass | listed (PBDB) | 82 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Hoplocarida subclass | listed (PBDB) | 30 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Phyllocarida subclass | listed (PBDB) | 220 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Eucarida superorder | listed (PBDB) | 5,634 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Aeschronectida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 306 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Belotelsonidea ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Cumacea order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Hooded Shrimp | 1 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant |
| Eocaridacea ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Hoplostraca ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hymenostraca ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
| Isopoda order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Isopod | 83 | 272 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant |
| Lophogastrida order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Palaeocaridacea ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Palaeostomatopoda ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Waterstonellidea ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Amphipeltis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Naranda ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Silesicaris ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1802 | Malacostraca Latreille p. 20 |
| 1904 | Malacostraca Martin p. 94 |
| 1984 | Malacostraca Squires p. 55 |
| 1992 | Malacostraca Bengtson p. 1022 |
| 1999 | Malacostraca Squires p. 28 |
| 2001 | Malacostraca Martin and Davis p. 65 |
| 2002 | Malacostraca Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Malacostraca Kiessling |
| 2004 | Malacostraca Briggs et al. p. 131 |
References
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!
Will County, Illinois, USA