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Calappilia sitzi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Taxonomy
Calappilia sitzi was named by Blow and Manning (1996). Its type specimen is USNM 484546, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 26874, Lanier Pit, which is in a Bartonian carbonate limestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Calappilia sitzi Blow and Manning p. 10 figs. Pl 3, fig 1
1998Calappilia sitzi Feldmann et al. p. 6 figs. 7.1, 7.2, 8
2010Calappilia sitzi Schweitzer et al. p. 83
2016Calappilia sitzi Rumsey et al. p. 330

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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)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyCalappoideaDe Haan 1833
familyCalappidaeDe Haan 1833
genusCalappiliaMilne Edwards 1873
speciessitzi

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.

Calappilia sitzi Blow and Manning 1996
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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: 2022-11-16 16:19:50
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:19:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Calappilia sitzi (7297 7299 type locality: 191862)