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Porcellana thomasi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Porcellanidae

Taxonomy
Porcellana thomasi was named by De Angeli and Ceccon (2017). Its type specimen is MCV.16/75-I.G.371318, 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
2017Porcellana thomasi De Angeli and Ceccon p. 20 figs. Pl 4, figs 5,6; text-fig 10

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyGalatheoideaSamouelle 1819
familyPorcellanidaeHaworth 1825
genusPorcellanaLamarck 1801
speciesthomasi

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.

†Porcellana thomasi 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: suspension feederf
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:24:06
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:24:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Porcellana thomasi (type locality: 145127)