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Silvacarcinus laurae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Orithopsidae

Taxonomy
Silvacarcinus laurae was named by Collins and Smith (1993). Its type specimen is IRScNB-TCCI 6115 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Football Stadium entrance, Avenue du Globe, Forest (Brussels), which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Mons-en-Pevele Sands Formation of Belgium. It is the type species of Silvacarcinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Silvacarcinus laurae Collins and Smith p. 263 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-6; text-figs 2, 3a,b
2010Silvacarcinus laurae Schweitzer et al. p. 82
2012Silvacarcinus laurae van Bakel et al. p. 69
2014Silvacarcinus laurae Karasawa et al. p. 239
2016Silvacarcinus laurae Schweitzer et al.
2018Silvacarcinus laurae Schweitzer et al. p. 11 fig. 6.6a,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()
PodotremataGuinot 1977
Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyNecrocarcinoideaFörster 1968
familyOrithopsidae
genusSilvacarcinus
specieslaurae

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.

Silvacarcinus laurae Collins and Smith 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, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Belgium (Egem) Silvacarcinus laurae (126158)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Silvacarcinus laurae (type locality: 174731)