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Orbitoplax weaveri

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Euryplacidae

Taxonomy
Plagiolophus weaveri was named by Rathbun (1926). Its type specimen is USNM 353351 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Glyphithyreus weaveri by Squires (1984); it was recombined as Orbitoplax weaveri by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2022) and Gustafson (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Plagiolophus weaveri Rathbun
1984Glyphithyreus weaveri Squires p. 55 figs. Figure 13c
2010Orbitoplax weaveri Schweitzer et al. p. 134
2022Orbitoplax weaveri Schweitzer et al. p. 7 fig. 3.1
2023Orbitoplax weaveri Gustafson p. 33 figs. 5-7, 27-31

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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()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyGoneplacoideaMacLeay 1838
familyEuryplacidaeStimpson 1871
genusOrbitoplax
speciesweaveri()

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.

†Orbitoplax weaveri Rathbun 1926
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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: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) Glyphithyreus weaveri (146903)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Glyphithyreus weaveri (201247)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Orbitoplax weaveri (193969 237931 237932 237933 237936 237937) Plagiolophus weaveri (90092)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Orbitoplax weaveri (138985 138986 139006)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Glyphithyreus weaveri (51922) Orbitoplax weaveri (200664 200667 200668)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Glyphithyreus weaveri (202049) Orbitoplax weaveri (138987 139005 139007)