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Eumorphia fabianmuelleri

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mecochiridae

Taxonomy
Eumorphia fabianmuelleri was named by Charbonnier et al. (2025). Its type specimen is SMNS 70665-1, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Former clay pit Frettberg NW Bramsche, which is in a Callovian marine claystone in the Ornatenton Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Eumorphia fabianmuelleri Charbonnier et al. p. 616 figs. 5.1-5.6

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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
superfamilyGlypheoideaWinckler 1882
familyMecochiridaeVan Straelen 1925
genusEumorphiavon Meyer 1847
speciesfabianmuelleri

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.

†Eumorphia fabianmuelleri Charbonnier et al. 2025
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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 16:10:18
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:10:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany Eumorphia fabianmuelleri (type locality: 275742)