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Metanephrops rossensis
Taxonomy
Metanephrops rossensis was named by Feldmann et al. (1993). Its type specimen is CIRGEO 883, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 10, Western San José Pass, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Marta Formation of Antarctica.
Entered
by C. Schweitzer on 2012-02-03; modified by M. Clapham on 2021-07-22
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Metanephrops rossensis Feldmann et al. p. 16 figs. 9-11 |
| 2010 | Metanephrops rossensis Schweitzer et al. p. 30 |
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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.
†Metanephrops rossensis Feldmann et al. 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Campanian | Antarctica | Metanephrops rossensis (83762 221282 221283 221284) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Antarctica | Metanephrops rossensis (type locality: 140172) |