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Pororaria eocenica

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Taxonomy
Pororaria eocenica was named by Glaessner (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Porari, GS 10490, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in New Zealand. It is the type species of Pororaria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Pororaria eocenica Glaessner p. 187
1990Pororaria eocenica Feldmann and Maxwell p. 786
1992Pororaria eocenica Feldmann and Keys p. 10
2010Pororaria eocenica Schweitzer et al. p. 108
2021Pororaria eocenica Schweitzer et al. p. 11 fig. 6.4a,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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCarcinidaeMacLeay 1838
subfamilyPolybiinaePaulson 1875
genusPororaria
specieseocenica

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.

Pororaria eocenica Glaessner 1980
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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 17:22:41
Modified: 2025-10-01 19:09:12
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Kaiatan or 37.71000 to 36.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand Pororaria eocenica (4886)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand Pororaria eocenica (type locality: 37718)