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Meyeria mexicana

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mecochiridae

Taxonomy
Meyeria mexicana was named by Rathbun (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chihuahua, Abuja Colorada canyon on north side of Cerro Chino..., which is in an Aptian marine shale in the Gargasian Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Meyeria mexicana Rathbun p. 17 figs. Plate 26, Figs. 1-4
1995Meyeria mexicana Feldmann et al. p. 405
2010Meyeria mexicana Schweitzer et al. p. 21

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderGlypheideaWinckler 1882
superfamilyGlypheoideaWinckler 1882
familyMecochiridaeVan Straelen 1925
genusMeyeria
speciesmexicana

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.

Meyeria mexicana Rathbun 1935
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Diagnosis
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