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Parvocaris samnitica

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Taxonomy
Parvocaris samnitica was named by Bravi and Garassino (1998). Its type specimen is Museo di Paleontologia di Napoli M20545, a carapace, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Le Cavere site, Pietraroia (Museo Napoli collection), which is in an Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in Italy. It is the type species of Parvocaris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Parvocaris samnitica Bravi and Garassino p. 154 figs. 24, 25
2010Parvocaris samnitica Schweitzer et al. p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderCarideaDana 1852
genusParvocaris
speciessamnitica

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.

†Parvocaris samnitica Bravi and Garassino 1998
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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: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Italy (Benevento) Parvocaris samnitica (type locality: 127350)