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Camarocarcinus arnesoni

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Camarocarcinidae

Taxonomy
Camarocarcinus arnesoni was named by Holland and Cvancara (1958). Its type specimen is USNM 562093, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West side of road, west of Moffit, which is in a Danian marine sandstone in the Cannonball Formation of North Dakota. It is the type species of Camarocarcinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Camarocarcinus arnesoni Holland and Cvancara p. 499 figs. Pl 74, figs 1-14; text-figs 2, 3a, 3b
2010Camarocarcinus arnesoni Schweitzer et al. p. 70
2012Camarocarcinus arnesoni van Bakel et al. p. 49
2014Camarocarcinus arnesoni Karasawa et al. p. 231
2016Camarocarcinus arnesoni Schweitzer et al.
2018Camarocarcinus arnesoni Schweitzer et al. p. 2 fig. 2.1a

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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
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
PodotremataGuinot 1977
Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyNecrocarcinoideaFörster 1968
familyCamarocarcinidae
genusCamarocarcinus
speciesarnesoni

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.

Camarocarcinus arnesoni Holland and Cvancara 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunaluc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) Camarocarcinus arnesoni (121272 type locality: 206136 226562 226564)