Biology:Angustidontidae

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Short description: Extinct family of crustaceans

Angustidontidae
Temporal range: Frasnian-Early Carboniferous, 380–340 Ma
Reconstruction of Angustidontus
Scientific classification
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Gueriau, Charbonnier & Clément, 2014
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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

Wikidata ☰ Q48971532 entry




  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265211942. 
  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. 8. Oxford University Press. p. 21-52. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340983983.