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Sandomingia yaquiensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Taxonomy
Sandomingia yaquiensis was named by Rathbun (1919). Its type specimen is ANSP 2257, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lower half of Yaqui del Norte River valley, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Dominican Republic. It is the type species of Sandomingia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Sandomingia yaquiensis Rathbun p. 180 figs. Pl 8, figs 1,2
2010Sandomingia yaquiensis Schweitzer et al. p. 110
2017Sandomingia yaquiensis Luque et al. p. 32
2021Sandomingia yaquiensis Schweitzer et al. p. 25 fig. 14.2a,b

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyPortunidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPodophthalminae()
genusSandomingia
speciesyaquiensis

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.

Sandomingia yaquiensis Rathbun 1919
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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, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Dominican Republic Sandomingia yaquiensis (type locality: 135462)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Dominican Republic Sandomingia yaquiensis (228626)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) Sandomingia yaquiensis (228688)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) Sandomingia yaquiensis (228538)