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Seorsus wadei

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ibericancridae

Taxonomy
Seorsus wadei was named by Bishop (1988). Its type specimen is GSCM 1693, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Blue Springs, which is in a Maastrichtian offshore shelf claystone in the Coon Creek Formation of Mississippi. It is the type species of Seorsus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Seorsus wadei Bishop pp. 72-76 figs. 1A-F
2010Seorsus wadei Schweitzer et al. p. 57
2017Seorsus wadei Feldmann et al. p. 3 fig. 2.3a,b

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Dakoticancroida
superfamilyDakoticancroidea()
familyIbericancridae
genusSeorsusBishop 1988
specieswadei

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.

Seorsus wadei Bishop 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Seorsus wadei (type locality: 235407)