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Tehuacana

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mathildellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Tehuacana Stenzel
2002Tehuacana Sepkoski
2003Tehuacana Karasawa and Kato p. 138
2006Tehuacana Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 61
2007Tehuacana Vega et al. p. 1438
2008Tehuacana Karasawa et al. p. 96
2009Tehuacana Armstrong et al. p. 753
2010Tehuacana Schweitzer et al. p. 137
2017Tehuacana Luque et al. p. 46
2017Tehuacana Martínez-Díaz et al. p. 77
2022Tehuacana Schweitzer et al. p. 13

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyGoneplacoideaMacLeay 1838
familyMathildellidae()
genusTehuacana

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. †Tehuacana Stenzel 1944
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Tehuacana americana Rathbun 1935
Tehuacana tehuacana Stenzel 1944
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:34:15
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:34:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 66.00000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) T. americana (207141)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Mexico (Coahuila) T. tehuacana (133573)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Mexico (Coahuila) T. americana (133900)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Texas) T. tehuacana (135159)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Mexico (Chiapas) T. schweitzerae (228574)