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Tealliocaris elliotti

Malacostraca - Tealliocarididae

Taxonomy
Tealliocaris elliotti was named by Clark (2024). Its type specimen is GLAHM 163391, a carapace, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, which is in a Westphalian A fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Scottish Lower Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Tealliocaris elliotti Clark p. 4 figs. 5a-f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
suborderPygocephalomorphaBeurlen 1930
familyTealliocarididaeBrooks 1962
genusTealliocarisPeach 1908
specieselliotti

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.

†Tealliocaris elliotti Clark 2024
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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: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Tealliocaris elliotti (type locality: 237641)