The 500–0 Ma Malacostraca display uses the reviewed phyllocarid fossil minimum and must not be interpreted as a crown-Malacostraca divergence date.
claim:taxon:malacostraca:fossil-rangeThe evolutionary history of Stomatopoda inferred from molecular data
Van Der Wal, C.; Ahyong, S.T.; Ho, S.Y.W.; Lo, N.
Year2017
Source roleprimary-study
DOI / ID10.7717/peerj.3844
Fitness and scope
range · topology · geochronology · methods
Fossil-calibration table treats phyllocarids as the oldest malacostracan record at at least 500 Ma; the value is not a crown-divergence date.