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Pleolobites erinaceus

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Taxonomy
Pleolobites erinaceus was named by Remy (1960). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Falaises de Fresco, region JK (Laga-Ghirobo), bed 5, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Falaises de Fresco Formation of Cote D'Ivoire. It is the type species of Pleolobites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Pleolobites erinaceus Remy
2010Pleolobites erinaceus Schweitzer et al. p. 108
2021Pleolobites erinaceus Schweitzer et al. p. 11 fig. 6.2a,b
2022Pleolobites erinaceus Ossó et al. p. 3 fig. 2,3

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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
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
genusPleolobitesRemy 1960
specieserinaceusRemy 1960

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.

Pleolobites erinaceus Remy 1960
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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 17:54:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.24000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo Pleolobites erinaceus (226364)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Cote D'Ivoire Pleolobites erinaceus (78687 type locality: 209338 209340 209341)