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Dysopodus gezei

Malacostraca - Isopoda

Taxonomy
Dysopodus gezei was named by Schädel et al. (2025). Its type specimen is CRU 63124/1, a carapace, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Jdeidet Bkassine, which is in a Barremian lacustrine sandstone in Lebanon. It is the type species of Dysopodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Dysopodus gezei Schädel et al. p. 6 figs. 2-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
—Mancoida
orderIsopodaLatreille 1817
—ScutocoxiferaDreyer and Wägele 2002
suborderCymothoidaWägele 1989
genusDysopodus
speciesgezei

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.

†Dysopodus gezei Schädel et al. 2025
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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: Early/Lower Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Lebanon Dysopodus gezei (type locality: 227088)