Angustidontidae

Extinct family of crustaceans

Angustidontidae
Temporal range: Frasnian-Early Carboniferous, 380–340 Ma
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Reconstruction of Angustidontus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Subclass:
Superorder:
Order:
†Angustidontida

Gueriau, Charbonnier & Clément, 2014
Family:
†Angustidontidae

Cooper, 1936
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]

References

  1. ^ a b c Gueriau, Pierre; Charbonnier, Sylvain; Clément, Gaël (2014-09-01). "Angustidontid crustaceans from the Late Devonian of Strud (Namur Province, Belgium): Insights into the origin of Decapoda". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 273 (3): 327–337. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0434.
  2. ^ T. A. Hegna, J. Luque, and J. A. Wolfe (2020). The fossil record of the Pancrustacea. In M. Thiel, G. C. B. Poore (eds.). Evolution and Biogeography of the Crustacea. Vol. 8. Oxford University Press. p. 21-52. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 25, 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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Orders of Malacostraca
Phyllocarida
Hoplocarida
Eumalacostraca
Syncarida
Peracarida
Eucarida
  • The three most speciose orders are marked in bold; obelisks (†) mark extinct orders.


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