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Axiopsis pawpawensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Axiidae

Taxonomy
Axiopsis pawpawensis was named by Franţescu (2014). Its type specimen is USNM 558710, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Residential development off Harmon Road, which is in an Albian offshore shale in the Pawpaw Formation of Texas.

Entered
by L. Baltzly (authorized by C. Schweitzer) on 2014-12-06; modified by M. Clapham on 2021-07-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Axiopsis pawpawensis Franţescu p. 16 figs. 2D-F

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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
familyAxiidaeHuxley 1879
genusAxiopsisBorradaile 1903
speciespawpawensis

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.

†Axiopsis pawpawensis Franţescu 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: detritivoreinfrao
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:46:40
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:46:40
Source: f = family, infrao = infraorder, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Axiopsis pawpawensis (type locality: 164601)