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Palaeomunida
Taxonomy
Palaeomunida was named by Lorenthey (1902) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m T Eo-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Palaeomunida defecta.
It was reranked as Galathea (Palaeomunida) by Muller and Collins (1991).
It was assigned to Galatheinae by Bishop (1985); to Galathea by Muller and Collins (1991); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Galatheidae by De Angeli and Beschin (2008), Schweitzer et al. (2010), De Angeli et al. (2010), Beschin et al. (2018) and Schweitzer et al. (2023).
It was reranked as Galathea (Palaeomunida) by Muller and Collins (1991).
It was assigned to Galatheinae by Bishop (1985); to Galathea by Muller and Collins (1991); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Galatheidae by De Angeli and Beschin (2008), Schweitzer et al. (2010), De Angeli et al. (2010), Beschin et al. (2018) and Schweitzer et al. (2023).
Subtaxa
P. defecta (type species), P. multicristata
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1902 | Palaeomunida Lorenthey |
| 1985 | Palaeomunida Bishop p. 601 |
| 1991 | Galathea (Palaeomunida) Muller and Collins p. 56 |
| 2002 | Palaeomunida Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Palaeomunida De Angeli and Beschin p. 18 |
| 2010 | Palaeomunida De Angeli et al. p. 150 |
| 2010 | Palaeomunida Schweitzer et al. p. 50 |
| 2018 | Palaeomunida Beschin et al. p. 142 |
| 2023 | Palaeomunida Schweitzer et al. p. 8 |
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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. †Palaeomunida Lorenthey 1902
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†Palaeomunida defecta Lorenthey 1902
†Palaeomunida multicristata de Angeli and Garassino 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 150.80000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithonian | Romania | P. defecta (146252) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Romania | Galathea sp. (140153) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian | Romania | Galathea sp. (226229) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Spain (Basque) | P. orobensis, P. navarrensis (235777) | |
| Paleogene | Hungary (Budapest) | Galathea defecta (138811) | |
| Priabonian | Italy (Vicenza) | P. defecta (184969) P. defecta, P. multicristata (207194) | |
| Priabonian | Italy | P. defecta (207550) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Italy (Vicenza) | P. defecta (69701 147005) | |
| Rupelian | Italy (Veneto) | P. defecta (91651) | |
| Rupelian | Italy (Vicenza) | P. defecta (127459 207617) | |
| Rupelian | Italy | P. defecta (70053) |