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Dakoticancer overanus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dakoticancridae

Taxonomy
Dakoticancer overana was named by Rathbun (1917). Its type specimen is USNM 32055, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Indian Creek, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of South Dakota. It is the type species of Dakoticancer.

It was corrected as Dakoticancer overanus by Bishop (1972) and Feldmann et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Dakoticancer overana Rathbun p. 386 figs. Pl 32; pl 33, figs 6-14
1935Dakoticancer overana Rathbun p. 40
1972Dakoticancer overanus Bishop p. 633 figs. Pl 122, figs 1-10; pl 123, figs 1-13; text-fig 2
2017Dakoticancer overanus Feldmann et al. p. 2 fig. 1.1a,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
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Dakoticancroida
superfamilyDakoticancroidea()
familyDakoticancridae
genusDakoticancer
speciesoveranus()

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.

†Dakoticancer overanus Rathbun 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: marines
Locomotion: actively mobiles
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2024-07-22 17:57:07
Modified: 2024-07-22 17:57:07
Source: s = species, o = order, c = class
References: Bishop 1985, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 93.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8USA (New Jersey) Dakoticancer overanus (142360)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Dakota) Dakoticancer overanus (142359)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Dakoticancer overana (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Dakoticancer overana (type locality: 134955)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Dakoticancer overanus (140914)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Dakoticancer overanus (90228 90229 90230)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Dakoticancer overanus (235354)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Dakoticancer overana (134956 234106) Dakoticancer overanus (235362)