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Lyreidus bennetti

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae

Taxonomy
Lyreidus bennetti was named by Feldmann and Maxwell (1990). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Te Miko (Unit 2), which is in a Kaiatan offshore sandstone in the Island Sandstone Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Lyreidus (Lyreidus) bennetti by Feldmann (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Lyreidus bennetti Feldmann and Maxwell p. 787
1992Lyreidus (Lyreidus) bennetti Feldmann p. 945
1992Lyreidus bennetti Feldmann and Keys p. 10
2010Lyreidus bennetti Schweitzer et al. p. 71
2014Lyreidus bennetti Karasawa et al. p. 249

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
PodotremataGuinot 1977
Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyRaninoideade Haan 1839
familyLyreididaeGuinot 1993
subfamilyLyreidinae
genusLyreidusDe Haan 1841
speciesbennetti

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.

Lyreidus bennetti Feldmann and Maxwell 1990
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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: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Kaiatan or 39.10000 to 36.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand Lyreidus bennetti (type locality: 4886 4887)
Kaiatan - Runangan39.1 - 34.6New Zealand Lyreidus bennetti (4888)