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Cretasergestes sahelalmaensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Sergestidae

Taxonomy
Cretasergestes sahelalmaensis was named by Garassino and Schweigert (2006). Its type specimen is MSNM i26594, a carapace, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sahel Aalma (MSNM collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Cretasergestes sahelalmaensis Garassino and Schweigert p. 71 figs. 1-3
2010Cretasergestes sahelalmaensis Schweitzer et al. p. 12
2025Cretasergestes sahelalmaensis Charbonnier p. 4

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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
suborderDendrobranchiataBate 1888
superfamilySergestoideaDana 1852
familySergestidaeDana 1852
genusCretasergestes
speciessahelalmaensis

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.

†Cretasergestes sahelalmaensis Garassino and Schweigert 2006
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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 15:41:24
Modified: 2022-11-16 15:41:24
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Cretasergestes sahelalmaensis (type locality: 212871)