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Costacopluma

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Costacopluma Collins and Morris p. 823
1991Costacopluma Muller and Collins p. 90
1992Costacopluma Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen p. 41
1995Costacopluma Feldmann et al. p. 16
1995Costacopluma Vega et al.
2002Costacopluma Sepkoski
2007Costacopluma Feldmann and Portell p. 91
2009Costacopluma Armstrong et al. p. 756
2009Costacopluma Nyborg et al. p. 205
2010Costacopluma Hyžný and Muller p. 125
2010Costacopluma Schweitzer et al. p. 99
2017Costacopluma Luque et al. p. 13

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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
superfamilyRetroplumoideaGill 1894
familyRetroplumidaeGill 1894
genusCostacopluma

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.

G. †Costacopluma Collins and Morris 1975
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Costacopluma australis Feldmann et al. 1995
Costacopluma bifida Collins et al. 1994
Costacopluma binodosa Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992
Costacopluma bishopi Vega and Feldmann 1992
Costacopluma concava Collins and Morris 1975
Costacopluma grayi Feldmann and Portell 2007
Costacopluma maroccana Ossó-Morales et al. 2010
Costacopluma mexicana Vega and Perrilliat 1989
Costacopluma nordestina Feldmann and Martins-Neto 1995
Costacopluma salamanca Feldmann et al. 1997
Costacopluma squiresi Nyborg et al. 2009
Costacopluma texana Armstrong et al. 2009
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 16:32:56
Modified: 2025-10-02 19:01:20
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Lutetian or 93.90000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Mexico (Chiapas) C. mexicana (133542)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Guerrero) C. bishopi (133571)
Late/Upper Turonian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian93.9 - 66.0Mexico (Guerrero) C. bishopi (275671)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Nigeria (Enugu) C. concava (90241)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Nigeria (Enugu) C. concava (82733)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Coahuila) C. mexicana (226537)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Morocco C. maroccana (133906 133907)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila) C. mexicana (233862)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Guerrero) C. bishopi (7461)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) C. grayi (212621)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Nuevo Leon) C. mexicana (235778)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Nigeria (Plateau) C. concava (90240)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Nuevo Leon) C. mexicana (133558)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) C. texana (207141)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (California ) C. squiresi (202481)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) C. salamanca (48063)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) C. australis (5162)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alabama) C. grayi (164850)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Venezuela (Zilia) C. bifida (51433)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) C. squiresi (133892)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) C. grayi (276539)