Pygocephalomorpha
The order Pygocephalomorpha is an extinct group of peracarid crustaceans. Pygocephalomorpha were abundant from the Carboniferous until their extinction in the Permian.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | †Pygocephalomorpha Beurlen, 1930 |
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Families
The order contains extinct five families, and seven genera incertae sedis:[2][3]
- †Jerometichenoriidae Schram, 1978
- †Jerometichenoria Schram, 1978
- †Notocarididae Brooks, 1962
- †Notocaris Broom, 1931
- †Paulocaris Clarke, 1920
- †Pygocephalidae Brooks, 1962
- †Anthracaris Brooks, 1962
- †Mamayocaris Brooks, 1962
- †Pygocephalus Huxley, 1857
- †Tealliocarididae Brooks, 1962
- †Tealliocaris Peach, 1908
- †Tylocarididae Taylor, Yan-Bin & Schram, 1998
- †Chaocaris Shen, 1983
- †Fujianocaris Taylor, Yan-Bin & Schram, 1998
- †Liocaris Beurlen, 1931
- †Pseudogalathea Peach, 1883
- †Tylocaris Taylor, Yan-Bin & Schram, 1998
- †Pygocephalomorpha incertae sedis
- †Bellocaris Fong, 1972
- †Hoplita Pineiro, Morosi & Ramos, 2012
- †Iraticaris Adami-Rodrigues, Pazinato & Pinto, 2016
- †Permocaris Adami-Rodrigues, Pazinato & Pinto, 2016
- †Pittinucaris Adami-Rodrigues, Pazinato & Pinto, 2016
- †Pygaspis Beurlen, 1934
- †Sosiocaris Jones, 2015
See also
References
- Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla (2002). "Habitat specialization and its relation to conservation policy in Crustacea". In Elva Escobar-Briones, Fernando Alvarez (ed.). Modern approaches to the study of Crustacea. Springer. pp. 211–221. ISBN 978-0-306-47366-1.
- WoRMS. "Pygocephalomorpha". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- WoRMS. "Pygocephalomorpha incertae sedis". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
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