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Thelecarcinus guembeli

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paranecrocarcinidae

Taxonomy
Thelecarcinus guembeli was named by Böhm (1891). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gerhardtsreiter Graben, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in the Gerhardsreit Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Thelecarcinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Thelecarcinus guembeli Böhm p. 43 figs. Pl 1, fig 3
2010Thelecarcinus guembeli Schweitzer et al. p. 130
2021Thelecarcinus guembeli Schweitzer et al. p. 32 fig. 15.6
2021Thelecarcinus guembeli Schweitzer et al. p. 22 figs. 1.1, 1.2

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—PodotremataGuinot 1977
—Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyNecrocarcinoideaFörster 1968
familyParanecrocarcinidae()
genusThelecarcinus
speciesguembeli

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.

†Thelecarcinus guembeli Böhm 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunaluc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany Thelecarcinus guembeli (type locality: 213668)