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Austromunida casadioi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munididae

Taxonomy
Austromunida casadioi was named by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000) [Originally referred to Austromunida, which was synomymized with Munida in the Casadio et al. paper.]. Its type specimen is GHUNLPam 16832 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Calafate, which is in an Eocene fluvial siltstone/sandstone in the Centinela Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Austromunida.

It was recombined as Munida casadioi by Casadio et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Austromunida casadioi Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 152
2004Munida casadioi Casadio et al. p. 27 fig. 2,3
2010Austromunida casadioi Schweitzer et al. p. 48

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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)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyGalatheoideaSamouelle 1819
familyMunididaeAyhong et al. 2010
genusAustromunida
speciescasadioi

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.

Austromunida casadioi Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
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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 Middle Eocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 48.07000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Santa Cruz,) Austromunida casadioi (type locality: 138448)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina Austromunida casadioi (43002)