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Macroacaena schencki

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae

Taxonomy
Eumorphocorystes schencki was named by Rathbun (1932). Its type specimen is USNM 371921, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H-27, Beaver Creek Road, which is in a Priabonian marine shale in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.

It was recombined as Carinaranina schencki by Tucker (1998); it was recombined as Macroacaena schencki by Schweitzer et al. (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Karasawa et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Eumorphocorystes schencki Rathbun p. 242 fig. 5,6
1998Carinaranina schencki Tucker p. 345
2003Macroacaena schencki Schweitzer et al. p. 28
2010Macroacaena schencki Schweitzer et al. p. 72
2014Macroacaena schencki Karasawa et al. p. 246

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
PodotremataGuinot 1977
Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyRaninoideade Haan 1839
familyLyreididaeGuinot 1993
subfamilyMacroacaeninae
genusMacroacaena
speciesschencki()

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.

Macroacaena schencki Rathbun 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunaluc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Eumorphocorystes schencki (type locality: 135997)