Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Pseudopemphix albertii

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Litogastroidae

Taxonomy
Pemphix albertii was named by von Meyer (1840). Its type specimen is SMNS 22109, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Horgen in Schwarzwalde, which is in a Bithynian carbonate limestone in the Freudenstadt Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Pseudopemphix albertii by Wüst (1903), Förster (1967), Schulz (2002), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Feldmann et al. (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Pemphix albertii von Meyer p. 9 figs. Pl 4, fig 37
1864Pemphix meyeri Alberti
1871Pemphix albertii Seebach p. 186
1903Pseudopemphix fritschii Wust
1903Pseudopemphix fritschii Wüst p. 9
1903Pseudopemphix albertii Wüst p. 20
1927Pseudopemphix meyeri Assmann p. 339 figs. Pl 13, fig 2
1967Aspidogaster meyeri Förster p. 159
1967Pseudopemphix albertii Förster p. 168 figs. Pl 9, figs 7,8; text-fig 12
2002Pseudopemphix albertii Schulz p. 22 figs. 4-13
2010Pseudopemphix albertii Schweitzer et al. p. 22
2010Pseudopemphix fritschi Schweitzer et al. p. 22
2010Pseudopemphix meyeri Schweitzer et al. p. 22
2015Pseudopemphix albertii Feldmann et al. p. 21 figs. 15.1a-c

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderGlypheideaWinckler 1882
superfamilyGlypheoideaWinckler 1882
familyLitogastroidae
genusPseudopemphix
speciesalbertii()

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.

Pseudopemphix albertii von Meyer 1840
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Pemphix meyeri Alberti 1864 [synonym], Pseudopemphix fritschii Wüst 1903 [synonym]
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 16:09:13
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:09:13
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 247.20000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Germany Pemphix albertii (type locality: 226150)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Germany Pemphix meyeri (225984) Pseudopemphix albertii (226170 226171 226172 226173 226174 226175 226176) Pseudopemphix meyeri (221760)
Illyrian - Fassanian247.2 - 235.0Germany Pseudopemphix fritschii (226177)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Germany Pemphix albertii (226191)