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Orhomalus magnificus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae

Taxonomy
Orhomalus magnificus was named by Crônier and Courville (2004). Its type specimen is ON10Cr3 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Les Minières, Etrochey, which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in the Marno-Calcaires à Oolites Ferrugineuses Formation of France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. pidanceti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Orhomalus magnificus Crônier and Courville p. 1008 figs. Pl 1, figs 4-7
2010Orhomalus magnificus Schweitzer et al. p. 55

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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
familyPaguridae()
genusOrhomalusEtallon 1861
speciesmagnificus

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.

†Orhomalus magnificus Crônier and Courville 2004
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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: 2022-08-23 13:25:37
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:25:37
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Middle Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Orhomalus magnificus (type locality: 185576)