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Gracilimanus obscurus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Stenochiridae

Taxonomy
Gracilimanus obscurus was named by Feldmann and Schweitzer (2014). Its type specimen is USNM 593562a and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is West flank of Big Horn Mountains, which is in a Bajocian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Gypsum Spring Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Gracilimanus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Gracilimanus obscurus Feldmann and Schweitzer p. 9 fig. 9,10
2016Gracilimanus obscurus Feldmann et al. p. 12 fig. 13.2

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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)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAstacideaLatreille 1802
HomaridaScholtz and Richter 1995
superfamilyStenochiroideaBeurlen 1928
familyStenochiridaeBeurlen 1928
genusGracilimanus
speciesobscurus

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.

Gracilimanus obscurus Feldmann and Schweitzer 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Bajocian or 168.60000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2USA (Wyoming) Gracilimanus obscurus (type locality: 155766)