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Protomunida pentacantha

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munididae

Taxonomy
Protomunida pentacantha was named by Muller and Collins (1991). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Szepvolgy Limestory Facies 4, which is in a Paleogene marine limestone in Hungary.

It was recombined as Eumunida pentacantha by de Angeli and Garassino (2002), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and De Angeli and Ceccon (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Protomunida pentacantha Muller and Collins p. 57
2002Eumunida pentacantha de Angeli and Garassino p. 17 figs. Pl 6, figs 3,4; text-fig 14
2010Eumunida pentacantha Schweitzer et al. p. 48
2012Eumunida pentacantha De Angeli and Ceccon p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
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
familyMunididaeAyhong et al. 2010
genusProtomunidaBeurlen 1930
speciespentacantha

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.

Protomunida pentacantha Muller and Collins 1991
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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: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Paleogene or 66.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Hungary (Budapest) Protomunida pentacantha (type locality: 138811)