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Mursia yaquinensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Taxonomy
Mursia yaquinensis was named by Rathbun (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is RB83, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in the Astoria Formation of Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Mursia yaquinensis Rathbun p. 81
2000Mursia yaquinensis Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 235
2010Mursia yaquinensis Schweitzer et al. p. 84

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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()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyCalappoideaDe Haan 1833
familyCalappidaeDe Haan 1833
genusMursiaLeach 1823
speciesyaquinensis

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.

Mursia yaquinensis Rathbun 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:19:50
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:19:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Oregon) Mursia yaquinensis (139022)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Mursia yaquinensis (type locality: 202317)