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Ctenocheles pectiniformis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ctenochelidae

Taxonomy
Ischnodactylus pectiniformis was named by Böhm (1891). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gerhardtsreiter Graben, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in the Gerhardsreit Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Oncopareia pectiniformis by Schweitzer et al. (2010); it was recombined as Ctenocheles pectiniformis by Tshudy et al. (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Ischnodactylus pectiniformis Böhm p. 42 figs. Pl 1, fig 2a
2010Oncopareia pectiniformis Schweitzer et al. p. 32
2022Ctenocheles pectiniformis Tshudy et al. p. 26 fig. 14F

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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
familyCtenochelidae
genusCtenochelesKishinouye 1926
speciespectiniformis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalinfrao
Diet: detritivoreinfrao
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:23:00
Modified: 2022-09-26 19:20:17
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class
References: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany Ischnodactylus pectiniformis (type locality: 213668)