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Pilumnus mediterraneus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae

Taxonomy
Pilodius mediterraneus was named by Lörenthey (1898). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Budapest Region, Hungary, which is in an Oligocene offshore claystone/sandstone in Hungary.

It was recombined as Pilumnus mediterraneus by Müller (1974), Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. ceratopus, P. gemmatus, P. reticulatus, P. xantusii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Pilodius mediterraneus Lörenthey p. 99
1974Pilodius mediterraneus Müller p. 122 figs. Pl 3, fig 3
1974Pilumnus mediterraneus Müller p. 280
2010Pilumnus mediterraneus Schweitzer et al. p. 120

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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
superfamilyPilumnoideaSamouelle 1819
familyPilumnidae
subfamilyPilumninaeSamouelle 1819
genusPilumnusLeach 1816
speciesmediterraneus()

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.

†Pilumnus mediterraneus Lörenthey 1898
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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: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Badenian or 27.30000 to 12.80000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Hungary Pilodius mediterraneus (type locality: 8338)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ukraine Pilumnus mediterraneus (66971)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland Pilumnus mediterraneus (139755)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Hungary Pilodius mediterraneus (138128 138812 164315) Pilumnus mediterraneus (133113 140154 149366 152608 207750 207753 207755)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Hungary Pilumnus mediterraneus (34739)