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Meyeria pueblaensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mecochiridae

Taxonomy
Meyeria pueblaensis was named by Feldmann and Vega (1995) [type specimen is apparently unnumbered]. Its type specimen is UNAM, an exoskeleton (nearly complete specimen), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Agua la Iglesia, San Juan Raya, which is in an Aptian lagoonal shale in the San Juan Raya Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Meyeria pueblaensis Feldmann and Vega p. 402 figs. 2.1-2.4, 3
2007Meyeria pueblaensis Feldmann et al. p. 150 figs. 4d-h, 6a-g, 7a-g, 8a-c
2010Meyeria pueblaensis Schweitzer et al. p. 21

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderGlypheideaWinckler 1882
superfamilyGlypheoideaWinckler 1882
familyMecochiridaeVan Straelen 1925
genusMeyeria
speciespueblaensis

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.

Meyeria pueblaensis Feldmann and Vega 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:10:18
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:10:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico (Puebla) Meyeria pueblaensis (64014 type locality: 64015 133550)