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Nitotacarcinus lutarius

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae

Taxonomy
Nitotacarcinus lutarius was named by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2011). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 36135, a cephalothorax, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Cliff Herne Bay, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Nitotacarcinus lutarius Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 9 fig. 5

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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()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyCarpilioidea
familyTumidocarcinidae
genusNitotacarcinusSchweitzer et al. 2007
specieslutarius

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.

†Nitotacarcinus lutarius Schweitzer and Feldmann 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available