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Meridecaris ladinica

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Clytiopsidae

Taxonomy
Meridecaris ladinica was named by Stockar and Garassino (2013). Its type specimen is MCSN 8443, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Valle di Sceltrich, bed 9, which is in a Fassanian carbonate lime mudstone in the Meride Formation of Switzerland. It is the type species of Meridecaris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Meridecaris ladinica Stockar and Garassino p. 352 figs. 2-6
2015Meridecaris ladinica Feldmann et al. p. 10 fig. 7.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
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
familyClytiopsidaeBeurlen 1927
genusMeridecaris
speciesladinica

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.

Meridecaris ladinica Stockar and Garassino 2013
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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 16:12:07
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:12:07
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Fassanian or 241.46400 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Switzerland Meridecaris ladinica (type locality: 197323)