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Longusorbis cuniculosus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Longusorbiidae

Taxonomy
Longusorbis cuniculosus was named by Richards (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Longusorbis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Longusorbis cuniculosus Richards
1980Longusorbis cuniculosus Feldmann and McPherson p. 18
2003Longusorbis cuniculosus Schweitzer et al. p. 44
2008Longusorbis cuniculosus Karasawa et al. p. 95
2010Longusorbis cuniculosus Schweitzer et al. p. 106
2021Longusorbis cuniculosus Schweitzer et al. p. 19 fig. 9.5

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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()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyLongusorbiidae
genusLongusorbis
speciescuniculosus

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.

Longusorbis cuniculosus Richards 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (British Columbia) Longusorbis cuniculosus (122499 235453)