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Devonoaxius garlandi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Axiidae

Taxonomy
Devonoaxius garlandi was named by Feldmann and Schweitzer (2019). Its type specimen is USNM PAL 726800 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Big Creek, Chagrin shale, which is in a Famennian offshore shale in the Chagrin Shale Formation of Ohio. It is the type species of Devonoaxius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Devonoaxius garlandi Feldmann and Schweitzer

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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)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
familyAxiidaeHuxley 1879
genusDevonoaxius
speciesgarlandi

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.

†Devonoaxius garlandi Feldmann and Schweitzer 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: detritivoreinfrao
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:46:40
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:46:40
Source: f = family, infrao = infraorder, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Ohio) Devonoaxius garlandi (type locality: 225952)