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Alontecarcinus buratoi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Potamidae

Taxonomy
Alontecarcinus buratoi was named by De Angeli and Caporiondo (2019). Its type specimen is IGVR 19.38, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cava di Alonte, Monti Berici (lower levels), which is in a Bartonian carbonate limestone in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Alontecarcinus buratoi De Angeli and Caporiondo p. 9

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPotamoideaOrtmann 1896
familyPotamidaeOrtmann 1896
genusAlontecarcinus
speciesburatoi

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.

†Alontecarcinus buratoi De Angeli and Caporiondo 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:18:24
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:18:24
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Italy (Vicenza) Alontecarcinus buratoi (type locality: 226774)