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Orbitoplax

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Euryplacidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Orbitoplax Tucker and Feldmann p. 421
2002Orbitoplax Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 961
2002Orbitoplax Sepkoski
2003Orbitoplax Karasawa and Kato p. 139
2006Orbitoplax Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 57
2010Orbitoplax Schweitzer et al. p. 134
2017Orbitoplax Luque et al. p. 45
2022Orbitoplax Schweitzer et al. p. 7

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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
superfamilyGoneplacoideaMacLeay 1838
familyEuryplacidaeStimpson 1871
genusOrbitoplax

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.

G. †Orbitoplax Tucker and Feldmann 1990
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Orbitoplax aldersoni Squires 1980
Orbitoplax plafkeri Tucker and Feldmann 1990
Orbitoplax tuckerae Schweitzer 2000
Orbitoplax weaveri Rathbun 1926
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 Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 56.00000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Washington) Glyphithyreus weaveri (146903)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Oregon) O. weaveri (193969 237931 237932 237933 237936 237937) Plagiolophus weaveri (90092)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Glyphithyreus weaveri (201247)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) O. weaveri (138985 138986 139006)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Glyphithyreus weaveri (51922) O. weaveri (200664 200667 200668)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Glyphithyreus weaveri (202049) O. weaveri (138987 139005 139007)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy O. sp. (226756)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98USA (Alaska) O. plafkeri (7954)