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Cretamaja

Malacostraca - Belotelsonidea - Cretapsaridae

Taxonomy
Cretamaja was named by Klompmaker (2013).

It was assigned to Priscinachidae by Vega et al. (2019); and to Homolodromioidea by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2024).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Cretamaja Klompmaker
2019Cretamaja Vega et al. p. 5
2024Cretamaja Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 5

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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()
orderBelotelsonideaSchram 1981
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
RankNameAuthor
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
ArchaeobrachyuraGuinot 1978
BrachygnathaBorradaile
BrachyrhynchaBorradaile 1907
CallichimaeroidaLuque et al. 2019
familyCretapsaridae
CyclodorippoidaAhyong 2007
Dakoticancroida
DromiaceaDe Haan 1833
superfamilyHomolodromioideaAlcock 1900
genusCretamajaSalter 1863

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.

G. †Cretamaja Klompmaker 2013
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Cretamaja klompmakeri González-León and Moreno-Bedmar 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2023-11-13 01:05:01
Modified: 2023-11-13 01:05:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Mexico (Puebla) C. klompmakeri (227078)