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Avitelmessus grapsoideus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dakoticancridae

Taxonomy
Avitelmessus grapsoideus was named by Rathbun (1923). Its type specimen is USNM 31895, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 3452, Cape Fear River near Hudler's Landing, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Peedee Formation of North Carolina. It is the type species of Avitelmessus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Avitelmessus grapsoideus Rathbun p. 404 figs. Pl 101, fig 1; pl 102, fig 4
1935Avitelmessus grapsoideus Rathbun p. 51
2010Avitelmessus grapsoideus Schweitzer et al. p. 57
2017Avitelmessus grapsoideus Feldmann et al. p. 2 fig. 1.3a,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()
familyDakoticancridae
genusAvitelmessus
speciesgrapsoideus

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.

†Avitelmessus grapsoideus Rathbun 1923
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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: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Avitelmessus grapsoideus (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Avitelmessus grapsoideus (140984 142006 142464 142468 142474 142475 142476 142477 142478)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Avitelmessus grapsoideus (142000 142458 142461)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Avitelmessus grapsoideus (83238)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Avitelmessus grapsoideus (142092)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Avitelmessus grapsoideus (type locality: 135757 142420)