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Meticonaxius gamma

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Micheleidae

Taxonomy
Callianassa gamma was named by Rathbun (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chickasawhay River, which is in an Eocene carbonate marl in the Winona Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Upogebia gamma by Schweitzer et al. (2010); it was recombined as Meticonaxius gamma by Franţescu (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Callianassa gamma Rathbun p. 68 figs. Plate 17, figures 7-10
1935Callianassa gamma Stenzel p. 393
2010Upogebia gamma Schweitzer et al. p. 41
2014Meticonaxius gamma Franţescu p. 20

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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)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
familyMicheleidaeSakai 1992
genusMeticonaxiusde Man 1905
speciesgamma()

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.

Meticonaxius gamma Rathbun 1935
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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 Thanetian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 59.24000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Upogebia gamma (142748)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Callianassa gamma (type locality: 134725)