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Valamunida haeggi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munididae

Taxonomy
Valamunida haeggi was named by Klompmaker and Robins (2019). Its type specimen is NRM-PZ Ar68001A, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zachariassendalen, east of Barentsburg, which is in a Thanetian prodelta limestone in the Basilika Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen. It is the type species of Valamunida.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Valamunida haeggi Klompmaker and Robins p. 127 figs. 21, 22

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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
familyMunididaeAyhong et al. 2010
genusValamunida
specieshaeggi

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.

†Valamunida haeggi Klompmaker and Robins 2019
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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: Thanetian or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Valamunida haeggi (191306 226627 type locality: 226629)