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Persephona prepunctata

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae

Taxonomy
Persephona prepunctata was named by Rathbun (1919). Its type specimen is USNM 324425, a claw, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cercado de Mao - Bluff No. 3 [Cercado Fm], which is in a Tortonian offshore claystone in the Cercado Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. edwardsii, Rissoa karsteni, Rissoa punctatissima

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Persephona prepunctata Rathbun p. 170 figs. Pl 9, fig 5
2010Persephona prepunctata Schweitzer et al. p. 89

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
genusPersephonaLeach 1817
speciesprepunctata

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.

†Persephona prepunctata Rathbun 1919
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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: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Persephona prepunctata (type locality: 58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Persephona prepunctata (228607 228608 228609 228610 228611 228612 228613 228616 228620 228630 228631 228632 228633 228634 228635 228636)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Dominican Republic Persephona prepunctata (228622 228623)