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Costacopluma grayi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Taxonomy
Costacopluma grayi was named by Feldmann and Portell (2007). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Point A Dam Site, which is in a Lutetian estuary/bay sandstone/claystone in the Tallahatta Formation of Alabama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Costacopluma grayi Feldmann and Portell p. 92
2010Costacopluma grayi Schweitzer et al. p. 99
2017Costacopluma grayi Luque et al. p. 45

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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
superfamilyRetroplumoideaGill 1894
familyRetroplumidaeGill 1894
genusCostacopluma
speciesgrayi

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.

Costacopluma grayi Feldmann and Portell 2007
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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 16:32:56
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:32:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Lutetian or 70.60000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Costacopluma grayi (212621)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Costacopluma grayi (164850)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Costacopluma grayi (type locality: 13346)