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Gorgonophontes peleron

Malacostraca - Stomatopoda - Gorgonophontidae

Taxonomy
Gorgonophontes peleron was named by Schram (1984). Its type specimen is SDSNH 4393. Its type locality is Stark Shale Member, Papillion, Sarpy County, NE (Schram, 1984, Location 2), which is in a Missourian offshore shale in the Dennis Formation of Nebraska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Gorgonophontes peleron Schram p. 200

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
infraclassHoplocarida(Calman 1904)
orderStomatopodaLatreille
suborderArchaeostomatopodea
familyGorgonophontidaeSchram 2007
genusGorgonophontesSchram 1984
speciespeleron

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.

†Gorgonophontes peleron Schram 1984
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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: base of the Missourian to the top of the Virgilian or 306.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) Gorgonophontes peleron (type locality: 50933 50934 51008 51013)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Iowa) Gorgonophontes peleron (51016)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Gorgonophontes peleron (50932)