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Cenomanocarcinus beardi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cenomanocarcinidae

Taxonomy
Cenomanocarcinus beardi was named by Schweitzer et al. (2003). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eden Creek, which is in a Turonian/Campanian marginal marine sandstone/siltstone in the Comox Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Cenomanocarcinus beardi Schweitzer et al. pp. 38- 39 figs. 12.1- 12.4
2010Cenomanocarcinus beardi Schweitzer et al. p. 70
2012Cenomanocarcinus beardi van Bakel et al. p. 54
2014Cenomanocarcinus beardi Karasawa et al. p. 232
2016Cenomanocarcinus beardi Schweitzer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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()
PodotremataGuinot 1977
Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyNecrocarcinoideaFörster 1968
familyCenomanocarcinidae
genusCenomanocarcinus
speciesbeardi

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.

Cenomanocarcinus beardi Schweitzer et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunaluc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 100.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Cenomanocarcinus beardi (234309)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Campanian93.5 - 70.6Canada (British Columbia) Cenomanocarcinus beardi (type locality: 122491 122497)