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Cristafrons praescientis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Taxonomy
Cristafrons praescientis was named by Feldmann et al. (1993). Its type specimen is BAS IN.2225 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Cristafrons.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Cristafrons praescientis Feldmann et al. p. 33 figs. 25, 26
2010Cristafrons praescientis Schweitzer et al. p. 75
2012Cristafrons praescientis van Bakel et al. p. 100
2014Cristafrons praescientis Karasawa et al. p. 256
2018Cristafrons praescientis Schweitzer et al. p. 34 fig. 18.3

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
PodotremataGuinot 1977
Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyRaninoideade Haan 1839
familyRaninidae
subfamilyRaninoidinaeLorenthey and Beurlen 1929
genusCristafrons
speciespraescientis

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.

Cristafrons praescientis Feldmann et al. 1993
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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: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Cristafrons praescientis (83762 221282)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Cristafrons praescientis (140172)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Cristafrons praescientis (140173)