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Palaeospherarmadillo mazanticus

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Scleropactidae

Taxonomy
Palaeospherarmadillo mazanticus was named by Broly (2018). Its type specimen is IHNFG-4997, a carapace, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Mexican amber, Los Pocitos (IHNFG collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico. It is the type species of Palaeospherarmadillo.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Palaeospherarmadillo mazanticus Broly p. 207 figs. 5, 6, 13a-c

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
Mancoida
orderIsopodaLatreille 1817
suborderOniscidea
CrinochetaLegrand 1946
familyScleropactidaeVerhoeff 1938
genusPalaeospherarmadillo
speciesmazanticus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Palaeospherarmadillo mazanticus (type locality: 150408)