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Meticonaxius

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Micheleidae

Taxonomy
Meticonaxius was named by de Man (1905). It is extant.

It was assigned to Micheleidae by Franţescu (2014) and Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Meticonaxius de Man
2014Meticonaxius Franţescu p. 20
2023Meticonaxius Schweitzer et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
familyMicheleidaeSakai 1992
genusMeticonaxiusde Man 1905

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.

G. Meticonaxius de Man 1905
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Meticonaxius gamma Rathbun 1935
Meticonaxius gracilis Ferratges et al. 2021
Meticonaxius rhacheochir Stenzel 1945
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalinfrao
Diet: detritivoreinfrao
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:23:00
Modified: 2022-09-26 19:20:17
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the to the top of the Middle Eocene or 122.46000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain M. gracilis (235300)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) M. rhacheochir (164594)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Upogebia rhacheochir (234308)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8USA (Texas) Upogebia rhacheochir (234310)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Upogebia rhacheochir (234307)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Texas) Upogebia rhacheochir (135243)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Upogebia gamma (142748)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Callianassa gamma (134725)