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Thoracica
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| Rank | superorder (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Thoracica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 395 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 201 (51%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 190 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Cirripedia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Cirripedia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Cirripedia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Lepadiformes order | listed (PBDB) | 18 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pedunculata order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Scalpelliformes order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 124 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Sessilia order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 736 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1854 | Thoracica Darwin |
| 1904 | Thoracica Martin p. 94 |
| 1983 | Thoracica Wilson p. 486 |
| 2001 | Thoracica Martin and Davis p. 59 |
| 2007 | Thoracica Jones p. 290 |
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!
