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Xanthias miocenicus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Taxonomy
Xanthias miocenicus was named by Collins et al. (2003). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 259, Airport road, Sandakan, which is in a Tortonian offshore siliciclastic in the Sandakan Formation of Malaysia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Xanthias miocenicus Collins et al. p. 215 figs. Pl 5, fig 3
2010Xanthias miocenicus Schweitzer et al. p. 128

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—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
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyXanthidae
subfamilyXanthinaeMacLeay 1838
genusXanthiasRathbun 1897
speciesmiocenicus

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.

†Xanthias miocenicus Collins et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Malaysia (Sabah) Xanthias miocenicus (185833 185834 type locality: 185835 185836 185837 185845 185846 185847 185848 185850 185852 185854 185856)