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Pelorophontes mayi

Malacostraca - Stomatopoda - Gorgonophontidae

Taxonomy
Pelorophontes mayi was named by Schweitzer and Schram (2025). Its type specimen is USNM PAL 796846, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pelorophontes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Pelorophontes mayi Schweitzer and Schram p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
infraclassHoplocarida(Calman 1904)
orderStomatopodaLatreille
suborderArchaeostomatopodea
familyGorgonophontidaeSchram 2007
genusPelorophontes
speciesmayi

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.

†Pelorophontes mayi Schweitzer and Schram 2025
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available