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Hadrocarcinus wrighti

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Necrocarcinidae

Taxonomy
Necrocarcinus wrighti was named by Feldmann et al. (1993). Its type specimen is BAS IN.2237 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 10, Western San José Pass, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Marta Formation of Antarctica. It is the type species of Hadrocarcinus.

It was recombined as Hadrocarcinus wrighti by Schweitzer et al. (2016) and Schweitzer et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Necrocarcinus wrighti Feldmann et al. p. 35 figs. 29.1-29.5, 30
2010Necrocarcinus wrighti Schweitzer et al. p. 81
2016Hadrocarcinus wrighti Schweitzer et al.
2018Hadrocarcinus wrighti Schweitzer et al. p. 7 fig. 4.4a,b

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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()
PodotremataGuinot 1977
Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyNecrocarcinoideaFörster 1968
familyNecrocarcinidaeForster 1968
genusHadrocarcinus
specieswrighti()

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.

Hadrocarcinus wrighti Feldmann et al. 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunaluc
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:44:12
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:44:12
Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica Necrocarcinus wrighti (83762 221282 221284)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica Necrocarcinus wrighti (type locality: 140172)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica Necrocarcinus wrighti (140173)