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Galathea caporiondoi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae

Taxonomy
Galathea caporiondoi was named by De Angeli and Ceccon (2017). Its type specimen is MCV.16/84-I.G.371327, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monte Magrè, which is in a Ypresian carbonate packstone in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Galathea caporiondoi De Angeli and Ceccon p. 10 figs. Pl 2, figs 3,4; text-fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—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)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyGalatheoideaSamouelle 1819
familyGalatheidaeSamouelle 1819
genusGalatheaFabricius 1793
speciescaporiondoi

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.

†Galathea caporiondoi De Angeli and Ceccon 2017
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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: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Galathea caporiondoi (type locality: 145127)