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Xanthosia socialis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Etyidae

Taxonomy
Xanthosia socialis was named by van Bakel et al. (2005). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Munsterland Basin NW Germany, which is in a Campanian marine marl in Germany.

It was recombined as Secretanella socialis by Schweitzer et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Xanthosia socialis van Bakel et al.
2010Xanthosia socialis Schweitzer et al. p. 131
2012Secretanella socialis Schweitzer et al. p. 143

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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()
Etyoida
superfamilyEtyoideaGuinot and Tavares 2001
familyEtyidae
genusXanthosia
speciessocialis

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.

Xanthosia socialis van Bakel et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:17:13
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:17:13
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Xanthosia socialis (type locality: 126559)