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Notopocorystes exiguus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae

Taxonomy
Notopocorystes (Cretacoranina) exiguus was named by Glaessner (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pipanyimili Creek, which is in a Cenomanian marine claystone in the Bathurst Island Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Notopocorystes exiguus by Schweitzer et al. (2010); it was recombined as Eucorystes exiguus by van Bakel et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Notopocorystes (Cretacoranina) exiguus Glaessner p. 175 figs. Fig 4, 4A
2010Notopocorystes exiguus Schweitzer et al. p. 77
2012Eucorystes exiguus van Bakel et al. p. 21

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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()
PodotremataGuinot 1977
Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyPalaeocorystoideaLőrenthey 1929
familyPalaeocorystidaeLorenthey and Beurlen 1929
genusNotopocorystes
speciesexiguus()

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.

Notopocorystes exiguus Glaessner 1980
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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

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Northern Territory) Notopocorystes exiguus (type locality: 37706)