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Lyreidina pyriformis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae

Taxonomy
Lyreidina pyriformis was named by Fraaye and van Bakel (1998). Its type specimen is MAK k. 2251 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is ENCI-Maastricht B.V. quarry (Nekum), which is in a Maastrichtian shallow subtidal chalk in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands. It is the type species of Lyreidina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Lyreidina pyriformis Fraaye and Van Bakel
1998Lyreidina pyriformis Fraaye and van Bakel p. 294
2010Lyreidina pyriformis Schweitzer et al. p. 71
2014Lyreidina pyriformis Karasawa et al. p. 256
2018Lyreidina pyriformis Schweitzer et al. p. 18 fig. 10.1

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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
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—PodotremataGuinot 1977
—Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyRaninoideade Haan 1839
familyLyreididaeGuinot 1993
genusLyreidina
speciespyriformis

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.

†Lyreidina pyriformis Fraaye and van Bakel 1998
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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, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Lyreidina pyriformis (169045)