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Prehepatus cretaceus

Malacostraca - Belotelsonidea - Cretapsaridae

Taxonomy
Prehepatus cretaceus was named by Rathbun (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2 to 3 mi N of Denison, type-locality of Duck Creek limestone, which is in an Albian marine limestone in the Duck Creek Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Prehepatus cretaceus Rathbun p. 47
1987Prehepatus cretaceus Fraaye and Collins p. 549
2009Prehepatus cretaceus Armstrong et al. p. 753
2010Prehepatus cretaceus Jagt et al. p. 181
2010Prehepatus cretaceous Schweitzer et al. p. 86

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
orderBelotelsonideaSchram 1981
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
RankNameAuthor
infraorderBrachyura()
—ArchaeobrachyuraGuinot 1978
—BrachygnathaBorradaile
—BrachyrhynchaBorradaile 1907
—CallichimaeroidaLuque et al. 2019
familyCretapsaridae
—CyclodorippoidaAhyong 2007
—Dakoticancroida
—DromiaceaDe Haan 1833
—Etyoida
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—GymnopleuraBourne
—Homoloida
familyMontemagrechiridaeKlompmaker et al. 2016
—OxystomataMilne-Edwards 1834
familyPisidaeDana 1851
—PodotremataGuinot 1977
genusPrehepatusSalter 1863
speciescretaceus

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.

†Prehepatus cretaceus Rathbun 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2023-11-13 01:05:01
Modified: 2023-11-13 01:05:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Albian or 113.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Prehepatus cretaceous (type locality: 141153)