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Palaeoxantho libertiensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeoxanthopsidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoxantho libertiensis was named by Bishop (1986). Its type specimen is GSCM 1692 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GAB52, Liberty School locality, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Prairie Bluff Formation of Mississippi. It is the type species of Palaeoxantho.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Palaeoxantho libertiensis Bishop p. 609 figs. 3E, 6
2010Palaeoxantho libertiensis Schweitzer et al. p. 115
2018Palaeoxantho libertiensis Schweitzer et al. p. 10 fig. 6.3

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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
superfamilyCarpilioidea
familyPalaeoxanthopsidae
genusPalaeoxantho
specieslibertiensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Palaeoxantho libertiensis (type locality: 184985)