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Cretamaja klompmakeri

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Taxonomy
Cretamaja klompmakeri was named by González-León and Moreno-Bedmar (2019). Its type specimen is IGM-11382, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Ojito, San Antonio Texcala, which is in a Barremian carbonate marl in the Zapotitlán Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Cretamaja klompmakeri González-León and Moreno-Bedmar p. 5 figs. 4.29-4.32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
infraorderBrachyura()
—DromiaceaDe Haan 1833
superfamilyHomolodromioideaAlcock 1900
genusCretamajaKlompmaker 2013
speciesklompmakeri

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.

†Cretamaja klompmakeri González-León and Moreno-Bedmar 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: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Mexico (Puebla) Cretamaja klompmakeri (type locality: 227078)