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Leptomithrax atavus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae

Taxonomy
Leptomithrax atavus was named by Glaessner (1960). Its type specimen is NZGS DC 255, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Makino River, on Stanley Road, which is in a Kapitean marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Leptomithrax atavus Glaessner p. 17 figs. PI. 3, Fig. 1; Text Fig. 6
1992Leptomithrax atavus Feldmann and Keys p. 11
2010Leptomithrax atavus Schweitzer et al. p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyMajoideaSamouelle 1819
familyMajidaeSamouelle 1819
subfamilyMajinaeSamouelle 1819
genusLeptomithraxMiers 1876
speciesatavus

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.

†Leptomithrax atavus Glaessner 1960
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Diagnosis
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