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Prehepatus harrisi

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Taxonomy
Prehepatus harrisi was named by Bishop (1985). Its type specimen is GSCM 1686, a claw, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Blue Springs, which is in a Maastrichtian offshore shelf claystone in the Coon Creek Formation of Mississippi. It is the type species of Prehepatus.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2009-07-09; modified by H. Shin on 2024-07-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Prehepatus harrisi Bishop
1987Prehepatus harrisi Fraaye and Collins p. 549
2010Prehepatus harrisi Jagt et al. p. 182
2010Prehepatus harrisi Schweitzer et al. p. 86
2017Prehepatus harrisi Luque et al. p. 40

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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)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
genusPrehepatus
speciesharrisi

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 harrisi Bishop 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Prehepatus harrisi (184985)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (mississippi) Prehepatus harrisi (232464)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Prehepatus harrisi (133558)