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Austrolestidion

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Parastacidae

Taxonomy
Austrolestidion was named by Tillyard (1916). Its type is Austrolestidion duaringae.

It was assigned to Lestidae by Tillyard (1916); to Zygoptera by Carpenter (1992); and to Parastacidae by Jell (2004).

Species
A. duaringae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Austrolestidion Tillyard
1992Austrolestidion Carpenter p. 88
2004Austrolestidion Jell p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAstacideaLatreille 1802
—AstacidaScholtz and Richter 1995
superfamilyParastacoideaHuxley 1879
familyParastacidaeHuxley 1879
genusAustrolestidion

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.

G. †Austrolestidion Tillyard 1916
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†Austrolestidion duaringae Tillyard 1916
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: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (Queensland) A. duaringae (111853)