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Hoploparia albertaensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae

Taxonomy
Hoploparia albertaensis was named by Tshudy and Feldmann (2005). Its type specimen is TMP 2001.9.3, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spirit River Ridge (above allomember 2 - bed 5), which is in a Coniacian shoreface sandstone in the Bad Heart Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Hoploparia albertaensis Tshudy and Feldmann p. 961 figs. 3-4
2010Hoploparia albertaensis Schweitzer et al. p. 28

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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
infraorderAstacideaLatreille 1802
HomaridaScholtz and Richter 1995
superfamilyNephropoideaDana 1852
familyNephropidaeDana 1852
genusHoploparia
speciesalbertaensis

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.

Hoploparia albertaensis Tshudy and Feldmann 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:13:02
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:13:02
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Canada (Alberta) Hoploparia albertaensis (type locality: 235523 275509 275510 275511 275512)