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Matutites miltonorum

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Matutidae

Taxonomy
Matutites miltonorum was named by Feldmann et al. (1998). Its type specimen is CM 36023, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lanier Quarry (CM collection), which is in a Bartonian deep subtidal limestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Matutites miltonorum Feldmann et al. p. 8 figs. 9.1, 9.2, 10
2010Matutites miltonorum Schweitzer et al. p. 86

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
superfamilyLeucosioideaSamouelle 1819
familyMatutidaeDe Haan 1841
genusMatutites
speciesmiltonorum

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.

†Matutites miltonorum Feldmann et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
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