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Santeella lillyae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae

Taxonomy
Santeella lillyae was named by Blow and Manning (1996). Its type specimen is USNM 484578, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 26883, Martin Marietta Berkeley quarry, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in the Santee Formation of South Carolina. It is the type species of Santeella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Santeella lillyae Blow and Manning p. 23 figs. Pl 5, fig 3
2010Santeella lillyae Schweitzer et al. p. 118
2017Santeella lillyae Luque et al. p. 46
2022Santeella lillyae Schweitzer et al. p. 4 fig. 2.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
superfamilyPilumnoideaSamouelle 1819
familyPilumnidae
subfamilyEumedoninaeDana 1853
genusSanteella
specieslillyae

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.

Santeella lillyae Blow and Manning 1996
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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: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Mexico (Chiapas) Santeella lillyae (228574)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (South Carolina) Santeella lillyae (type locality: 191870)