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Lyreidus elegans

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae

Taxonomy
Lyreidus elegans was named by Glaessner (1960). Its type specimen is NZGS DC 123, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tutaki S.D., which is in an Altonian marine horizon in New Zealand.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Lyreidus elegans Glaessner p. 16
1992Lyreidus (Lyreidus) elegans Feldmann p. 948
1992Lyreidus elegans Feldmann and Keys p. 10
2010Lyreidus elegans Schweitzer et al. p. 71
2014Lyreidus elegans Karasawa et al. p. 249

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
specieselegans

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 elegans Glaessner 1960
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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: Altonian or 19.00000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Lyreidus elegans (type locality: 202178)