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Sklallamia buchanani

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Albuneidae

Taxonomy
Sklallamia buchanani was named by Goedert and Berglund (2012). Its type specimen is UWBM 98819, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tongue Point, south, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Crescent Formation of Washington. It is the type species of Sklallamia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Sklallamia buchanani Goedert and Berglund p. 254 figs. Figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyHippoideaLatreille 1825
familyAlbuneidaeStimpson 1858
subfamilyAlbuneinaeStimpson 1858
genusSklallamia
speciesbuchanani

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.

†Sklallamia buchanani Goedert and Berglund 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:15:05
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:15:05
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, 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 - 48.07USA (Washington) Sklallamia buchanani (type locality: 205154)