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Afghanocare

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Anomocaridae

Taxonomy
Afghanocare was named by Wolfart (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Anomocaridae by Yuan and Yin (1998), Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Afghanocare Wolfart
1998Afghanocare Yuan and Yin
2002Afghanocare Jell and Adrain p. 466
2002Afghanocare Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyAnomocaridaePoulsen 1927
genusAfghanocareWolfart 1975

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Afghanocare Wolfart 1975
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Afghanocare guizhouensis Yuan and Yin 1998
Afghanocare truncatum Peng 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-26 01:02:49
Modified: 2010-01-26 03:02:49
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Paibian or 500.50000 to 494.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) A. guizhouensis (125072)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) A. truncatum (49182 126439) Hunanaspis truncatus (128933)
Paibian497.0 - 494.2China (Hunan) A. truncatum (49195 126130)