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Eogeryon elegius

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Eogeryonidae

Taxonomy
Eogeryon elegius was named by Ossó (2021). Its type specimen is MGB 69151, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Condemios de Arriba (Villa de Vés Fm), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in the Villa de Vés Formation of Spain.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Ossó (2016) and Schweitzer et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Eogeryon elegius Ossó p. 152 fig. 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
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
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyEogeryonidae
genusEogeryon
specieselegius

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.

Eogeryon elegius Ossó 2021
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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 17:54:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain Eogeryon elegius (type locality: 226411)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain (Guadalajara) Eogeryon elegius (235311)