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Trichopeltarion merrinae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Trichopeltariidae

Taxonomy
Trichopeltarion merrinae was named by Schweitzer and Salva (2000). Its type specimen is OU 41605, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Urenui, which is in a Tongaporutuan marine horizon in the Urenui Formation of New Zealand.

Entered
by C. Schweitzer on 2012-02-29; modified by M. Uhen on 2024-05-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Trichopeltarion merrinae Schweitzer and Salva p. 294
2010Trichopeltarion merrinae Schweitzer et al. p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyTrichopeltarioidea
familyTrichopeltariidae
genusTrichopeltarionMilne Edwards 1880
speciesmerrinae

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.

†Trichopeltarion merrinae Schweitzer and Salva 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. E. Schweitzer and E. W. Salva 2000Carapace slightly wider than long; regions inflated, ornamented with dis- crete pustules adorned with granules; frontal, orbital, and anterolateral spines simple and singular, some with granules; lateral spines long, cylindrical, with granules and spinelets; posterolateral margin with small granulated cylindrical or nodular spine; posterior margin with spinelets.