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Pakicarcinus whittenensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae

Taxonomy
Panopeus whittenensis was named by Glaessner (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Whitten Bluff, Tortachilla Limestone, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Tortachilla Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Pakicarcinus whittenensis by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Panopeus whittenensis Glaessner p. 188 figs. Figs. 17-19
2010Pakicarcinus whittenensis Schweitzer et al. p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
Life
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyPanopeidae
subfamilyPanopeinae
genusPakicarcinus
specieswhittenensis()

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.

Pakicarcinus whittenensis Glaessner 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available