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Eumalacostraca
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Rank | subclass (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Eumalacostraca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 119 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 26 (22%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 354 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | 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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Peracarida superorder | listed (PBDB) | 64 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Percarida superorder | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Syncarida superorder | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Schramocaris ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1892 | Eumalacostraca Grobben |
1984 | Eumalacostraca Squires p. 55 |
2001 | Eumalacostraca Martin and Davis p. 65 |
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!