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Retropluma gallica

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Taxonomy
Retropluma gallica was named by Artal et al. (2006). Its type specimen is MGSB68408, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Basal Ilerdian, Fontcouverte, Aude, which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Retropluma gallica Artal et al. p. 64 figs. 2.2, 3.1-3.2
2010Retropluma gallica Schweitzer et al. p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—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
genusRetroplumaGill 1894
speciesgallica

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.

†Retropluma gallica Artal et al. 2006
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Retropluma gallica (type locality: 226405)