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Palaeomunida defecta

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae

Taxonomy
Palaeomunida defecta was named by Lorenthey (1902). It is not extant. It is the type species of Palaeomunida.

It was recombined as Galathea (Palaeomunida) defecta by Muller and Collins (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Palaeomunida defecta Lorenthey
1991Galathea (Palaeomunida) defecta Muller and Collins p. 56
2002Palaeomunida defecta de Angeli and Garassino p. 14 figs. Pl 4, figs 2-5; pl 5, fig 1; text-fig 11
2008Palaeomunida defecta De Angeli and Beschin p. 18
2010Palaeomunida defecta De Angeli et al. p. 150
2010Palaeomunida defecta Schweitzer et al. p. 50
2018Palaeomunida defecta Beschin et al. p. 142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
familyGalatheidaeSamouelle 1819
genusPalaeomunidaLorenthey 1902
speciesdefectaLorenthey 1902

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.

†Palaeomunida defecta Lorenthey 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:24:49
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:24:49
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 152.10000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Romania Palaeomunida defecta (146252)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Hungary (Budapest) Galathea defecta (138811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Palaeomunida defecta (207550)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy (Vicenza) Palaeomunida defecta (184969 207194)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy (Vicenza) Palaeomunida defecta (69701 147005)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy Palaeomunida defecta (70053)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Vicenza) Palaeomunida defecta (127459 207617)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Veneto) Palaeomunida defecta (91651)