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Leucosilia bananensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae

Taxonomy
Leucosilia bananensis was named by Rathbun (1918). Its type specimen is USNM 324232, a claw, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 5882h, Rio Banano, which is in a Piacenzian marine siliciclastic in the Rio Banano Formation of Costa Rica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Leucosilia bananensis Rathbun p. 161
2010Leucosilia bananensis Schweitzer et al. p. 88

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyLeucosioideaSamouelle 1819
familyLeucosiidaeSamouelle 1819
subfamilyEbaliinaeStimpson 1871
genusLeucosiliaBell 1855
speciesbananensis

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.

†Leucosilia bananensis Rathbun 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:36:32
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:36:32
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Piacenzian or 13.82000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Colon) Leucosilia bananensis (228718)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Leucosilia bananensis (145520)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Leucosilia bananensis (228707)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) Leucosilia bananensis (228683)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) Leucosilia bananensis (228688)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) Leucosilia bananensis (228694)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) Leucosilia bananensis (228540 228542)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Leucosilia bananensis (131313 131340 type locality: 226680)