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Zygastrocarcinus waagei

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae

Taxonomy
Zygastrocarcinus waagei was named by Feldmann et al. (2008). Its type specimen is YPM 220105, a cephalothorax, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is YPM IP A00822, west of Cloverly Post Office, which is in an Albian marine shale in the Shell Creek Shale Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Zygastrocarcinus waagei Feldmann et al. p. 503 figs. 1A-G
2010Zygastrocarcinus waagei Schweitzer et al. p. 69
2012Zygastrocarcinus waagei Feldmann et al. p. 5 figs. 2.7a-c

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Homoloida
superfamilyHomoloideade Haan 1839
familyHomolidaeDe Haan 1833
genusZygastrocarcinusBishop 1983
specieswaagei

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.

†Zygastrocarcinus waagei Feldmann et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
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