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Calteagalathea friulana

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munidopsidae

Taxonomy
Calteagalathea friulana was named by De Angeli and Garassino (2006). Its type specimen is MFSN 19969, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Val Caltea, which is in an Aptian/Campanian carbonate limestone in the Calcari del Cellina Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Calteagalathea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Calteagalathea friulana De Angeli and Garassino p. 274 figs. 4a-c
2010Calteagalathea friulana Schweitzer et al. p. 48

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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)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyGalatheoideaSamouelle 1819
familyMunidopsidaeOrtmann 1898
genusCalteagalathea
speciesfriulana

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.

†Calteagalathea friulana De Angeli and Garassino 2006
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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: 2022-11-16 16:14:15
Modified: 2025-10-01 19:10:26
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Campanian or 121.40000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Campanian121.4 - 72.2Italy (Pordenone) Calteagalathea friulana (type locality: 127491)