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Joeranina platys

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae

Taxonomy
Eucorystes platys was named by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001). Its type specimen is USNM 512163, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mud Creek, which is in an Albian marine conglomerate/shale in the Hudspeth Formation of Oregon.

It was recombined as Joeranina platys by van Bakel et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Eucorystes platys Schweitzer and Feldmann
2003Eucorystes platys Schweitzer et al. p. 24
2009Eucorystes platys Schweitzer et al. p. 418
2012Joeranina platys van Bakel et al. p. 36

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—PodotremataGuinot 1977
—Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyPalaeocorystoideaLőrenthey 1929
familyPalaeocorystidaeLorenthey and Beurlen 1929
genusJoeranina
speciesplatys()

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.

†Joeranina platys Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2001Carapace longer than wide; ornamented with
strap-like ornamentation; rostrum bifid; orbital margins long, sinuous, with two nearly closed fissures, terminating in outer-orbital spine; anterolateral margin short, with two spines; posterolateral margin long, smooth; strap-like ornamentation forming straight and parallel sided epibranchial ridge.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunaluc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 113.20000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Oregon) Eucorystes platys (139729)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Campanian93.9 - 72.2Canada (British Columbia) Eucorystes platys (122497)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (British Columbia) Eucorystes platys (122930)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (British Columbia) Eucorystes platys (123223 202482)