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Paguristes whitteni

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae

Taxonomy
Paguristes whitteni was named by Bishop (1983). Its type specimen is GSCM 1683 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GAB37, Blue Springs Locality, which is in a Maastrichtian coastal mudstone in the Coon Creek Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Parapaguristes whitteni by Bishop (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Paguristes whitteni Bishop p. 420 figs. 3E,F, 4A-I, 5
1986Parapaguristes whitteni Bishop p. 605 fig. 5B
2010Paguristes whitteni Schweitzer et al. p. 54

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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
superfamilyPaguroideaLatreille 1802
familyDiogenidaeOrtmann 1892
genusPaguristesDana 1851
specieswhitteni

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.

Paguristes whitteni Bishop 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:16:09
Modified: 2025-10-01 19:08:35
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Paguristes whitteni (type locality: 139733)