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Oregonia spinifera

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Oregoniidae

Taxonomy
Oregonia spinifera was named by Schweitzer et al. (2002). Its type specimen is MHN-UABCS/SJ2/15-1764a and b and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Juan de La Costa Decapods, which is in a Chattian marginal marine mudstone in the El Cien Formation of Mexico.

Entered
by C. Schweitzer on 2004-11-25; modified by M. Uhen on 2019-12-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Oregonia spinifera Schweitzer et al. p. 10 figs. Figs. 11, 12
2010Oregonia spinifera Schweitzer et al. p. 97
2017Oregonia spinifera Luque et al. p. 42

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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
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyMajoideaSamouelle 1819
familyOregoniidaeGarth 1958
genusOregoniaDana 1851
speciesspinifera

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.

Oregonia spinifera Schweitzer et al. 2002
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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: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04Mexico (Baja California) Oregonia spinifera (133565)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Mexico (Baja California Sur) Oregonia spinifera (type locality: 45695)