Angustidontidae

Angustidontidae; Temporal range: Frasnian-Early Carboniferous, 380–340 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Appendage of Angustidontus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Subclass:	Eumalacostraca
Superorder:	Eucarida
Order:	†Angustidontida; Gueriau, Charbonnier & Clément, 2014
Family:	†Angustidontidae; Cooper, 1936
Genera
	†Angustidontus; †Schramidontus;

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]

References

^ ^a ^b 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. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0434.

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[Gueriau_2014-1] 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. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0434.

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