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Eomunidopsis kojimai

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae

Taxonomy
Eomunidopsis kojimai was named by Karasawa and Hayakawa (2000). Its type specimen is MFM240.011, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is YEZ-20, Wakkauenbetsugawa, Nakagawa-cho, which is in a Santonian marine siliciclastic in the Nigorikawa Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Eomunidopsis kojimai Karasawa and Hayakawa p. 144 fig. 4.2

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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
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyGalatheoideaSamouelle 1819
familyGalatheidaeSamouelle 1819
genusEomunidopsis
specieskojimai

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.

†Eomunidopsis kojimai Karasawa and Hayakawa 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:24:49
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:24:49
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan Eomunidopsis kojimai (type locality: 222228)