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Pseudosquilla lessinea

Malacostraca - Stomatopoda - Pseudosquillidae

Taxonomy
Pseudosquilla lessinea was named by De Angeli and Garassino (2008). Its type specimen is IGVR 67497-67291, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monte Postale, Monte Bolca (Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona collection), which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Pseudosquilla lessinea De Angeli and Garassino p. 169 fig. 3,4

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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
infraclassHoplocarida(Calman 1904)
orderStomatopodaLatreille
suborderUnipeltataLatreille 1825
superfamilyGonodactyloideaGiesbrecht 1910
familyPseudosquillidaeManning 1977
genusPseudosquillaDana 1852
specieslessinea

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.

†Pseudosquilla lessinea De Angeli and Garassino 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy (Vicenze) Pseudosquilla lessinea (type locality: 127545)