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Oxythyreus izetti

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Konidromitidae

Taxonomy
Plagiophthalmus izetti was named by Bishop (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 418171 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS D8090, which is in a Campanian marine shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Oxythyreus izetti by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Plagiophthalmus izetti Bishop p. 375 figs. Fig. 1A-C, D, I, L
2010Oxythyreus izetti Schweitzer et al. p. 62

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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
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
DromiaceaDe Haan 1833
superfamilyKonidromitoidea
familyKonidromitidae
genusOxythyreus
speciesizetti()

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.

Oxythyreus izetti Bishop 1988
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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: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Colorado) Plagiophthalmus izetti (type locality: 134953)