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Schernfeldia schweigerti

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Taxonomy
Schernfeldia schweigerti was named by Winkler (2013). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Blumenberg quarry, Eichstätt, Solnhofen (SMNS collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Schernfeldia schweigerti Winkler p. 78 figs. Pls 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderCarideaDana 1852
genusSchernfeldia
speciesschweigerti

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.

†Schernfeldia schweigerti Winkler 2013
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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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Schernfeldia schweigerti (type locality: 152902)