Pygocephalomorpha
Temporal range:
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Pygocephalomorpha
Beurlen, 1930
Families
  • Jerometichenoriidae
  • Notocarididae
  • Pygocephalidae
  • Tealliocarididae
  • Tylocarididae

The order Pygocephalomorpha is an extinct group of peracarid crustaceans. Pygocephalomorpha were abundant from the Carboniferous era until their extinction in the Permian era.[1]

This group constituted part of the freshwater and aquatic crustacean assemblages. The carapace is relatively axially shortened, with a prominent gastric region. Laterally, a cervical groove is visible, with carapace margins which is defined by an acute spine or process, including a somewhat well developed branchiostegites"[2]

Families

The order contains extinct five families, and seven genera incertae sedis:[3][4]

  • 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
  • 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

  1. 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.
  2. Jones, Feldmann, Schweitzer, Reitano, Insacco, Wade , Rodney, Carrie , Agatino , Gianni (1 September 2015). "New Pygocephalomorph (Peracarida) from the Permian of the Sosio Valley (Sicily, Italy)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 35 (5): 627–632 via Oxford Academic.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. WoRMS. "Pygocephalomorpha". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  4. WoRMS. "Pygocephalomorpha incertae sedis". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 December 2022.


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