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Lupocyclus tuberculosus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Taxonomy
Lupocyclus tuberculosus was named by Karasawa (1993). Its type specimen is MFM142011, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kamiyamaji, which is in a Pliocene marine siltstone in the Kawabara Formation of Japan.

Entered
by C. Schweitzer on 2012-03-02; modified by M. Clapham on 2021-09-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Lupocyclus tuberculosus Karasawa p. 57 figs. Pl 13, figs 4-7
2010Lupocyclus tuberculosus Schweitzer et al. p. 110

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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
familyPortunidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLupocyclinaePaulson 1875
genusLupocyclusAdams and White 1848
speciestuberculosus

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.

Lupocyclus tuberculosus Karasawa 1993
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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: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Miyazaki) Lupocyclus tuberculosus (type locality: 127696)