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Propalaemon osborniensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaemonidae

Taxonomy

Propalaemon osborniensis was named by Woodward (1903). Its type specimen is BMNH In.24494, a carapace, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is King's Quay, which is in a Priabonian marginal marine claystone in the Headon Hill Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Propalaemon.

Entered

by C. Schweitzer on 2012-01-20; modified by M. Clapham on 2022-06-18

Synonyms

Propalaemon minor was named by Woodward (1903).

It was synonymized subjectively with Propalaemon osborniensis by Gaudant and Quayle (1988).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1903	Propalaemon minor Woodward p. 98 figs. Pl 5, figs 5-7
1903	Propalaemon osborniensis Woodward p. 98 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-4
1925	Propalaemon osborniensis Woods p. 4 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
1925	Propalaemon minor Woods p. 5
1988	Propalaemon osborniensis Gaudant and Quayle p. 16 figs. 2-4
2010	Propalaemon minor Schweitzer et al. p. 15
2010	Propalaemon osborniensis Schweitzer et al. p. 15

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Multicrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
class	Malacostraca	()
subclass	Eumalacostraca	Grobben 1892
—	Caridoida	Hessler 1982
order	Decapoda
suborder	Pleocyemata	Burkenroad 1963
infraorder	Caridea	Dana 1852
superfamily	Palaemonoidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Palaemonidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Propalaemon
species	osborniensis

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.

†Propalaemon osborniensis Woodward 1903

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Invalid names: Propalaemon minor Woodward 1903 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2008-01-28 11:51:24

Modified:

2022-05-13 13:34:01

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	United Kingdom (England)	Propalaemon minor, Propalaemon osborniensis (28322 226129 226130 226132) Propalaemon osborniensis (type locality: 226133)