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Tridactylastacus sinensis

Malacostraca - Belotelsonidea - Litogastroidae

Taxonomy
Tridactylastacus sinensis was named by Feldmann et al. (2012). Its type specimen is LPI 40546, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Luoping biota (LPI collection), which is in a Pelsonian carbonate lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China. It is the type species of Tridactylastacus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Tridactylastacus sinensis Feldmann et al. p. 431 figs. 4-6
2015Tridactylastacus sinensis Feldmann et al. p. 21 fig. 15.2a,b

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
orderBelotelsonideaSchram 1981
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderGlypheideaWinckler 1882
superfamilyGlypheoideaWinckler 1882
familyLitogastroidae
genusTridactylastacusSalter 1863
speciessinensis

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.

Tridactylastacus sinensis Feldmann et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:09:13
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:09:13
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Pelsonian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China (Yunnan) Tridactylastacus sinensis (type locality: 127488)