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Mesostylus

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Mesostylus Bronn and Roemer
2012Mesostylus Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 16
2019Mesostylus Feldmann et al.
2023Mesostylus Schweitzer et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
genusMesostylusBronn and Roemer 1852

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.

G. †Mesostylus Bronn and Roemer 1852
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†Mesostylus mortoni Pilsbry 1901
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Invalid names: Callianassa clarki Pilsbry 1916 [synonym], Callianassa conradi Pilsbry 1901 [synonym]
†Mesostylus pervesleri Hyžný and Summesberger 2019
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: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Selandian or 85.70000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Callianassa conradi (235816) M. mortoni (141992)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) M. mortoni (142013 142014)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (Georgia) M. mortoni (141998)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) M. mortoni (140924)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) M. mortoni (125956 164900)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) M. mortoni (141944 141990)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) M. mortoni (221291)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) M. mortoni (142015)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) M. mortoni (141940)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Delaware) M. mortoni (140927)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) M. mortoni (141991)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) M. mortoni (221052)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) M. mortoni (142005 142006 142007)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) M. mortoni (142000)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) M. mortoni (142008)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Austria (Lower Austria) M. pervesleri (226428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) M. mortoni (141938)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (mississippi) M. mortoni (232464)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) M. mortoni (141926 141930 141936)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alabama) M. mortoni (164850)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (New Jersey) M. mortoni (141932)