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Palaeopemphix meyeri

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Palaeopemphidae

Taxonomy
Palaeopemphix meyeri was named by Gemmellaro (1890). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare tenero, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Palaeopemphix meyeri Gemmellaro p. 20 figs. Pl 4, figs 16-22
1935Palaeopemphix meyeri Greco p. 148
2004Palaeopemphix meyeri Feldmann et al. p. 344 figs. 1.2, 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
orderArchaeostracaClaus 1888
suborderPalaeopemphida
familyPalaeopemphidae
genusPalaeopemphix
speciesmeyeri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Palaeopemphix meyeri Gemmellaro 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height55.965.007.006.000.791

Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-21 12:34:55
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:34:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Palaeopemphix meyeri (type locality: 108972)