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Enodicarcinus atherfieldensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mithracitidae

Taxonomy
Enodicarcinus atherfieldensis was named by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2011). Its type specimen is SMB14277, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Atherfield, Isle of Wright [Lower Greensand], which is in an Aptian coastal sandstone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Enodicarcinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Enodicarcinus atherfieldensis Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 3 fig. 2
2012Enodicarcinus atherfieldensis Feldmann et al. p. 8 fig. 4.2

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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
familyMithracitidaeStevcic 2005
genusEnodicarcinus
speciesatherfieldensis

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.

†Enodicarcinus atherfieldensis Schweitzer and Feldmann 2011
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Diagnosis
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