Pygocephalomorpha

Pygocephalomorpha; Temporal range: Carboniferous–Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Superorder:	Peracarida
Order:	Pygocephalomorpha; Beurlen, 1930
Families
	Notocarididae; Pygocephalidae; Tealliocarididae; Tylocarididae; Pygaspis;

The order Pygocephalomorpha is an extinct group of peracarid crustaceans. It contains five families, and one genus incertae sedis.^[1]

Pygocephalomorpha were abundant from the Carboniferous until their extinction in the Permian.^[2]

References

^ J. Mees (2010). "Pygocephalomorpha". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
^ Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla (2002). "Habitat specialization and its relation to conservation policy in Crustacea". In Elva Escobar-Briones, Fernando Alvarez (ed.). Modern approaches to the study of Crustacea. Springer. pp. 211–221. ISBN 978-0-306-47366-1.

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