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Archaeoniscus ✝
Description | Archaeoniscus is a genus of prehistoric isopods, containing three species: From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeoniscus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Isopoda : Archaeoniscidae : Archaeoniscus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Archaeoniscus H.Milne Edwards, 1843 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Milne Edwards, H. (1843). Note sur deux Crustacés fossiles de l'ordre des Isopodes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Zoologie), 2nd sér. 20: 326-329. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 170 - 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 113 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeoniscus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Archaeoniscus aranguthyorum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Archaeoniscus brodiei ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Archaeoniscus brodii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Archaeoniscus coreaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Archaeoniscus edwardsii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Archaeoniscus italiensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Archaeoniscus texanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1849 | Archaeoniscus McCoy p. 392 |
2002 | Archaeoniscus Sepkoski, Jr. |
2014 | Archaeoniscus Jones et al. p. 742 |
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!