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Pyreneplax sommarugai

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Vultocinidae

Taxonomy
Lobonotus sommarugai was named by Beschin et al. (2009). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Parona, Eocene, which is in a Priabonian marine marl in the Priabona Marl Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Pyreneplax sommarugai by Ossó et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Lobonotus sommarugai Beschin et al. p. 12 figs. Plate 3, Figs. 1, 2
2010Lobonotus sommarugai Beschin et al. p. 18
2014Pyreneplax sommarugai Ossó et al. p. 35

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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
superfamilyGoneplacoideaMacLeay 1838
familyVultocinidaeNg and Manuel-Santos 2007
genusPyreneplax
speciessommarugai()

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.

Pyreneplax sommarugai Beschin et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Italy Lobonotus sommarugai (207786)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Lobonotus sommarugai (type locality: 207785)