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Protastacus politus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Protastacidae

Taxonomy
Astacus politus was named by Schlüter (1868). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Ochtrup, which is in a Valanginian/Hauterivian marginal marine siliciclastic in Germany. It is the type species of Protastacus.

It was recombined as Protastacus politus by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Feldmann et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Astacus politus Schlüter p. 302 figs. Pl 44, figs 4,5
2010Protastacus politus Schweitzer et al. p. 27
2016Protastacus politus Feldmann et al. p. 7 fig. 9a,b

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAstacideaLatreille 1802
AstacidaScholtz and Richter 1995
superfamilyProtastacoidea
familyProtastacidaeAlbrecht 1983
genusProtastacusAlbrecht 1983
speciespolitus()

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.

Protastacus politus Schlüter 1868
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Germany Protastacus politus (95087)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Germany Astacus politus (221729)