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Pustulina cretacea

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Erymidae

Taxonomy
Eryma cretacea was named by Roger (1946). It is not extant.

It was corrected as Eryma cretaceum by Schweitzer et al. (2010); it was recombined as Pustulina cretacea by Charbonnier (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Eryma cretacea Roger
1994Eryma cretacea Garassino p. 19 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-4; pl 10, figs 1-3; text-figs 25-28
2010Eryma cretaceum Schweitzer et al. p. 23
2025Pustulina cretacea Charbonnier p. 4

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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)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderGlypheideaWinckler 1882
superfamilyErymoideaVan Straelen 1924
familyErymidaeVan Straelen 1924
genusPustulinaQuenstedt 1857
speciescretacea(Roger 1946)

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.

Pustulina cretacea Roger 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:11:34
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:11:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Eryma cretacea (60311 69119)