Biology:Angustidontidae
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Short description: Extinct family of crustaceans
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| Order: | †Angustidontida Gueriau, Charbonnier & Clément, 2014
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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
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
