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Pemphix silesiacus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pemphicidae

Taxonomy
Pemphix silesiacus was named by Assmann (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Böhm quarry, Tarnowitz, which is in a Pelsonian carbonate limestone in the Karchowice Formation of Poland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sueri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Pemphix silesiacus Assmann p. 346 figs. Pl 10, figs 2-5
1967Pemphix silesiacus Förster p. 173
2010Pemphix silesiacus Schweitzer et al. p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderGlypheideaWinckler 1882
superfamilyErymoideaVan Straelen 1924
familyPemphicidaeVan Straelen 1928
genusPemphixVon Meyer 1840
speciessilesiacus

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.

†Pemphix silesiacus Assmann 1927
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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 18:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Pelsonian or 244.24000 to 243.33000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Poland Pemphix sueuri (type locality: 136176)