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Aeger elongatus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aegeridae

Taxonomy
Aeger elongatus was named by Garassino and Teruzzi (1990). Its type specimen is MSNM i8772, a carapace, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Osteno, which is in a Bucklandi lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Lombardische Kieselkalk Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Aeger elongatus Garassino and Teruzzi p. 118 fig. 24
2010Aeger elongatus Schweitzer et al. p. 8

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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
suborderDendrobranchiataBate 1888
superfamilyPenaeoideaRafinesque 1815
familyAegeridaeBurkenroad 1963
genusAegerMunster 1839
specieselongatus

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.

†Aeger elongatus Garassino and Teruzzi 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 15:31:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 15:31:45
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Bucklandi or 196.50000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bucklandi196.5 - 189.6Italy Aeger elongatus (type locality: 90673)