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Ceratiocaris ✝
| Description | Ceratiocaris is a genus of paleozoic phyllocarid crustaceans whose fossils are found in marine strata from the Upper Ordovician until the genus' extinction during the Silurian. They are typified by eight short thoracic segments, seven longer abdominal somites and an elongated pretelson somite. Their carapace is slightly oval shaped; they have many ridges parallel to the ventral margin and possess a horn at the anterior end. They are well known from the Silurian Eramosa formation of Ontario, Canada. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratiocaris, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Ceratiocarididae : Ceratiocaris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Archaeostraca : Ceratiocaris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Ceratiocaris M'Coy, 1849 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (2)4: 412 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 409 - 392 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratiocaris |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ceratiocaris acuminata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris beecheri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris berdanae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris bohemica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris bradleyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris elytroides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris harpago species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris maccoyanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris macroura species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris papilio species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris praecedens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris pusilla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris silicula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris solenoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris strigata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris telleri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris timida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratiocaris winneshiekensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Limnocaris | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Ceratiocarididae : Limnocaris |
| Oncus Agassiz, 1846 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Ceratiocarididae : Oncus |
| Entomocaris Gürich, 1929 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Ceratiocarididae : Entomocaris |
| Bohemicaris Chlupac, 1994 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Ceratiocarididae : Bohemicaris |
| Onchus Agassiz, 1835 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Ceratiocarididae : Onchus |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1849 | Ceratiocaris McCoy p. 412 |
| 2002 | Ceratiocaris Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
