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Paradoxicarcinus nimonoides

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Orithopsidae

Taxonomy
Paradoxicarcinus nimonoides was named by Schweitzer et al. (2003). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cowichan Lake, which is in a Santonian marine mudstone in the Haslam Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Paradoxicarcinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Paradoxicarcinus nimonoides Schweitzer et al. pp. 43- 44 fig. 14
2010Paradoxicarcinus nimonoides Schweitzer et al. p. 82
2014Paradoxicarcinus nimonoides Karasawa et al. p. 238
2016Paradoxicarcinus nimonoides Schweitzer et al.
2018Paradoxicarcinus nimonoides Schweitzer et al. p. 10 fig. 6.2

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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
familyOrithopsidae
genusParadoxicarcinus
speciesnimonoides

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.

Paradoxicarcinus nimonoides 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: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Santonian or 86.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Canada (British Columbia) Paradoxicarcinus nimonoides (type locality: 207371)