Archaeoniscus

Archaeoniscus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Sphaeromatidea
Superfamily: Sphaeromatoidea
Family: Archaeoniscidae
Haack, 1918
Genus: Archaeoniscus
Milne-Edwards, 1843

Archaeoniscus is a genus of prehistoric isopods, containing three species:

  • Archaeoniscus aranguthyorum Feldmann, Vega, Applegate & Bishop, 1998
  • Archaeoniscus brodiei Milne-Edwards, 1843
  • Archaeoniscus texanus Wieder & Feldmann, 1992

A. aranguthyorum is known from late Albian age rocks from Mexico, A. brodiei is known from Late Jurassic rocks in Europe, and A. texanus is known from the Late Cretaceous of Texas.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Francisco J. Vega; Niel L. Bruce; Lourdes Serrano; Gale A. Bishop; María del Carmen Perrilliat (2005). "A review of the Lower Cretaceous (Tlayúa Formation: Albian) Crustacea from Tepexi de Rodríguez, Puebla, Central Mexico" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum. 32: 25–30.


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