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Daidal
Extinct genus of mantis shrimp / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daidal (named after a spirit in Takelma mythology) is an extinct genus of mantis shrimp that lived during the Carboniferous period. It is the only genus in the family Daidalidae. Three species are currently placed within the genus. Fossils of the type species, D. acanthocercus, have been found in the Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana. A second species, D. pattoni, is known from the Lower Limestone Formation of Scotland, and the third species, D. schoellmanni, was discovered in Westphalia, Germany. The genus has been proposed to be polyphyletic, with D. pattoni possibly being an earlier diverging lineage, though more specimens and research are needed to confirm this.
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Daidal | |
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Fossil of D. acanthocercus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Stomatopoda |
Family: | †Daidalidae Schram, 2007 |
Genus: | †Daidal Schram, 2007 |
Type species | |
†Tyrannophontes acanthocercus Jenner et al., 1998 | |
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Synonyms | |
D. acanthocercus
D. pattoni
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