Angustidontidae Temporal range:
Frasnian-
Early Carboniferous,
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Order: | †Angustidontida Gueriau, Charbonnier & Clément, 2014
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Family: | †Angustidontidae Cooper, 1936
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Angustidontidae is an extinct family of eucarid crustaceans and the sole representatives of the order Angustidontida. They were predators ranging in size from about 4 to 9 centimetres in length and lived during the Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous periods. [1]
They were some of the earliest Eucarids to develop maxillipeds, modified from the first or second thoracopods. [1] They were originally considered eurypterids, but later their possible relationship with decapods was established. [1] [2]
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Angustidontidae Temporal range:
Frasnian-
Early Carboniferous,
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Reconstruction of Angustidontus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Subphylum: | |
Class: | |
Subclass: | |
Superorder: | |
Order: | †Angustidontida Gueriau, Charbonnier & Clément, 2014
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Family: | †Angustidontidae Cooper, 1936
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Genera | |
Angustidontidae is an extinct family of eucarid crustaceans and the sole representatives of the order Angustidontida. They were predators ranging in size from about 4 to 9 centimetres in length and lived during the Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous periods. [1]
They were some of the earliest Eucarids to develop maxillipeds, modified from the first or second thoracopods. [1] They were originally considered eurypterids, but later their possible relationship with decapods was established. [1] [2]
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cite book}}
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link)