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Pleuronassa timerchidouensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paracalliacidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronassa timerchidouensis was named by Ossó-Morales et al. (2011). Its type specimen is MGSB 77720, a claw, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NE flank of Chebka Timerchidou, which is in a Campanian carbonate marl in the Calcaires à slumps de Taghit Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Pleuronassa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Pleuronassa timerchidouensis Ossó-Morales et al. p. 170 figs. 3-8

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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)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
familyParacalliacidaeSakai 2005
genusPleuronassa
speciestimerchidouensis

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.

Pleuronassa timerchidouensis Ossó-Morales et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalinfrao
Diet: detritivoreinfrao
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:23:00
Modified: 2022-09-26 19:20:17
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class
References: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Morocco Callianassa sp. (type locality: 133906)