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Palaeopagurus vandenengeli

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae

Taxonomy
Palaeopagurus vandenengeli was named by Fraaije (2003). Its type specimen is MAB k.0012 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Speeton, bed C4, which is in a Hauterivian marine claystone in the Speeton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Palaeopagurus vandenengeli Fraaije p. 54 fig. 1

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyPaguroideaLatreille 1802
familyPaguridae()
genusPalaeopagurusVan Straelen 1924
speciesvandenengeli

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:25:37
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:25:37
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77United Kingdom (England) Palaeopagurus vandenengeli (type locality: 126165)