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Cretacoranina punctata

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae

Taxonomy
Notopocorystes punctatus was named by Rathbun (1935) [originally named Notopocorystes punctatus (n. sp.) by Rathbun in 1935. Marylyreidus punctatus = Notopocorystes parvus, Rathbun 1935 n. sp. = Raninella mucronata, Rathbun 1935 n. sp.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2 mi N of Denison, 1/2 mi E of Denton clay/Kde type locality..., which is in an Albian marine claystone in the Denton Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Marylyreidus.

It was recombined as Cretacoranina punctata by Schweitzer et al. (2010); it was recombined as Marylyreidus punctatus by van Bakel et al. (2012), Karasawa et al. (2014), Franţescu et al. (2016) and Schweitzer et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Notopocorystes punctatus Rathbun p. 48 figs. Plate 12, Figs. 14-16
2010Cretacoranina punctata Schweitzer et al. p. 77
2012Marylyreidus punctatus van Bakel et al. p. 86
2014Marylyreidus punctatus Karasawa et al. p. 255
2016Marylyreidus punctatus Franţescu et al. p. 1129
2018Marylyreidus punctatus Schweitzer et al. p. 21 fig. 11.3a,b

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
PodotremataGuinot 1977
Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyPalaeocorystoideaLőrenthey 1929
familyPalaeocorystidaeLorenthey and Beurlen 1929
genusCretacoraninaMertin 1941
speciespunctata()

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.

Cretacoranina punctata Rathbun 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunaluc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available