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Romaleon sanbonsugii

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Taxonomy
Cancer sanbonsugii was named by Imaizumi (1962). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IGPS Fs-65, Odaira, Nakano-mura, which is in a Burdigalian marine siliciclastic in Japan.

It was recombined as Cancer (Romaleon) sanbonsugii by Karasawa (1993); it was recombined as Romaleon sanbonsugii by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000), Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Cancer sanbonsugii Imaizumi p. 233 figs. Pl 40, figs 1-12; text-figs 1-7
1993Cancer (Romaleon) sanbonsugii Karasawa p. 50 figs. Pl 10, fig 6
2000Romaleon sanbonsugii Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 243
2010Romaleon sanbonsugii Schweitzer et al. p. 103

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyCancroideaLatreille 1802
familyCancridae()
subfamilyCancrinaeLatreille 1802
genusRomaleonGistl 1848
speciessanbonsugii()

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.

†Romaleon sanbonsugii Imaizumi 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:21:19
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:21:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan (Okayama) Cancer sanbonsugii (127688)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Italy Cancer sanbonsugii (147814)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan Cancer sanbonsugii (147808 147809 147810 147811 147812 147817 147818 147819 147820 147821)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan Cancer sanbonsugii (169304)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Toyama) Cancer sanbonsugii (202474)