Archaeostraca

Archaeostraca
Temporal range:
Nahecaris stuertzi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Phyllocarida
Order: †Archaeostraca
Claus, 1888[1]
Suborders[1]
  • †Caryocaridina
  • †Ceratiocaridina
  • †Echinocaridina
  • †Palaeopemphida
  • †Pephricaridina
  • †Rhinocaridina

Archaeostraca is an extinct order of crustaceans in the subclass Phyllocarida.[1] It first appeared in the Late Cambrian and became very diverse in both the Late Silurian and the Devonian.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Archaeostraca Claus, 1888 †". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b Liu, Yilong; Poschmann, Markus J.; Fan, Ruoying; Zong, Ruiwen; Gong, Yiming (January 2023). "Silurian phyllocarid crustaceans (Phyllocarida, Archaeostraca) from South China". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 21 (1): 1. doi:10.1080/14772019.2023.2187718.
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