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Latheticocarcinus brevis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae

Taxonomy
Metahomola brevis was named by Collins et al. (1993). Its type specimen is YCM-GP854 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is YEZ-7, junction of Kanajirisawa and Obirashibe-gawa, which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in the Saku Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Homola brevis by Schweitzer (2001); it was recombined as Latheticocarcinus brevis by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Metahomola brevis Collins et al. p. 297 figs. 2.2, 2.3
2001Homola brevis Schweitzer p. 522
2010Latheticocarcinus brevis Schweitzer et al. p. 68

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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
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Homoloida
superfamilyHomoloideade Haan 1839
familyHomolidaeDe Haan 1833
genusLatheticocarcinus
speciesbrevis()

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.

Latheticocarcinus brevis Collins et al. 1993
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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: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Santonian or 93.90000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan Metahomola brevis (type locality: 185008)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan Metahomola brevis (185005 185006)