Cyclida
Extinct order of crustaceans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Cycloidea" redirects here. For the CYCLOIDEA gene in plants, see Peloria.
Cyclida (formerly Cycloidea, and so sometimes known as cycloids) is an extinct order of crab-like fossil arthropods that lived from the Carboniferous to the Jurassic and possibly Cretaceous. Their classification is uncertain, but they are generally interpreted as crustaceans, likely belonging to the superclass Multicrustacea.
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Diagram of Brittaniclus rankini (formerly Americlus rankini) in ventral view | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Superclass: | Multicrustacea |
Order: | †Cyclida Schram, Vonk & Hof, 1997 |
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