A morphology-based character matrix tests relationships among sampled malacostracan orders. The resulting topology is an analytical hypothesis and neither dates Malacostraca nor samples every fossil lineage.
claim:taxon:malacostracaMalacostraca
A morphology-based character matrix tests relationships among sampled malacostracan orders. The resulting topology is an analytical hypothesis and neither dates Malacostraca nor samples every fossil lineage. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.
Represented range500–Present Ma
Content packagecrustaceans-insects
PBDBtxn:22215
Evidence boundary
Automated checks cover structure, identifiers, translations and links only; maintainer and external expert review are not complete.
Claim ledger
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-rangeKnown limits
- A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.
- PBDB mapping requires concept review because the pinned lineage is incompatible with the local expected parent Crustacea.
References
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- Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
- The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
- Phylogenetic analysis of the Malacostraca (Crustacea)Richter, S.; Scholtz, G. · 2001 · DOI 10.1046/j.1439-0469.2001.00164.x
- Denormalized occurrence and taxon tables of the Paleobiology DatabaseThe Paleobiology Database Community; Kocsis, Á.T. · 2026 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21620933