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Thylacocephala
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| Rank | class (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Thylacocephala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Thylacocephala) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Thylacocephala) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | omnivore (based on Thylacocephala) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | Data from personal opinion (Lin, pers. comm.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Concavicarida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 439 Ma Silurian | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Conchyliocarida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Coreocaris ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Dioxycaris ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Galenocaris ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Nothozoe ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Polzia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Saccocaris ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Thylacares ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Victoriacaris ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2002 | Thylacocephala Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2014 | Thylacocephala Haug et al. p. 3 |
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!
