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Macrocheira longirostra

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Macrocheiridae

Taxonomy
Macrocheira longirostra was named by Schweitzer and Feldmann (1999). Its type specimen is CM 39683, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is RB40, Oak Bay, which is in a Priabonian marine siliciclastic in the Quimper Formation of Washington.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Macrocheira longirostra Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 253 fig. 12,13
2010Macrocheira longirostra Schweitzer et al. p. 94
2020Macrocheira longirostra Schweitzer et al. p. 10 fig. 6.1a,b

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyMajoideaSamouelle 1819
familyMacrocheiridaeDana 1851
genusMacrocheiraDe Haan 1839
specieslongirostra

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.

Macrocheira longirostra Schweitzer and Feldmann 1999
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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Macrocheira longirostra (type locality: 221305)