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Notopus minutus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Taxonomy
Notopus minutus was named by Vega et al. (2001). Its type specimen is IHNCH-3462 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IHN 1005 - Veinte de Noviembre [San Juan Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal marl/sandstone in the San Juan Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Notopus minutus Vega et al. p. 936
2010Notopus minutus Schweitzer et al. p. 72
2014Notopus minutus Karasawa et al. p. 262
2017Notopus minutus Luque et al. p. 41

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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
familyRaninidae
subfamilyNotopodinaeSerene and Umali 1972
genusNotopusDe Haan 1841
speciesminutus

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.

Notopus minutus Vega et al. 2001
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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, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Mexico (Chiapas) Notopus minutus (133557)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mexico (Chiapas) Notopus minutus (type locality: 202319)