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Platylambrus obscura

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Parthenopidae

Taxonomy
Parthenope (Platylambrus) obscura was named by Rathbun (1919). Its type specimen is USNM 324487, a claw, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cercado de Mao - Bluff No. 3 [Cercado Fm], which is in a Tortonian offshore claystone in the Cercado Formation of the Dominican Republic.

It was recombined as Platylambrus obscura by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Parthenope (Platylambrus) obscura Rathbun p. 180 figs. Pl 7, figs 5,6
2010Platylambrus obscura Schweitzer et al. p. 98
2017Platylambrus obscura Luque et al. p. 60

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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
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyParthenopoideaMacLeay 1838
familyParthenopidaeMacleay 1838
subfamilyParthenopinaeMacLeay 1838
genusPlatylambrusStimpson 1871
speciesobscura()

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.

Platylambrus obscura Rathbun 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:20:43
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:20:43
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Parthenope obscura (58817)