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Caryocaris ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Caryocarididae : Caryocaris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Phyllocarida : Caryocarididae : Caryocaris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Caryocaris Salter, 1863 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Quart. J. Geol. Soc. London, 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 443 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Phyllocarida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Phyllocarida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | chitin (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Caryocaris acoitensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caryocaris acuminata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caryocaris acuta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caryocaris cedarbergensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Caryocaris curvilata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caryocaris magnus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caryocaris oklahomensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caryocaris raymondi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caryocaris silurica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caryocaris subula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caryocaris wrighti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caryocaris wrightii ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Caryocaris zhejiangensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Rhinopterocaris Chapman, 1902 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Caryocarididae : Rhinopterocaris |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1863 | Caryocaris Salter |
2002 | Caryocaris Sepkoski, Jr. |
2007 | Caryocaris Whittle et al. |
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!