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Callianassa brazoensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Taxonomy
Callianassa brazoensis was named by Stenzel (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Crockett L1: Bryan, Brazos County, TX, which is in a Bartonian marine marl/shale in the Crockett Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. rakosensis, C. symmetricus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Callianassa brazoensis Stenzel p. 53
2010Callianassa brazoensis Schweitzer et al. p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
familyCallianassidaeDana 1852
genusCallianassaLeach 1814
speciesbrazoensis

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.

†Callianassa brazoensis Stenzel 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalinfrao
Diet: detritivoreinfrao
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:23:00
Modified: 2022-09-26 19:20:17
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Texas) Callianassa brazoensis (142845)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Callianassa brazoensis (type locality: 43110)