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Wilsonimaia ethelae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae

Taxonomy
Wilsonimaia ethelae was named by Blow and Manning (1996). Its type specimen is USNM 484561, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 22329, Lanes Ferry Road, which is in a Bartonian offshore wackestone/grainstone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina. It is the type species of Wilsonimaia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Wilsonimaia ethelae Blow and Manning p. 15 figs. Pl 3, fig 5
1998Wilsonimaia ethelae Feldmann et al. p. 15 figs. 19.1-19.3, 20
2010Wilsonimaia ethelae Schweitzer et al. p. 95
2020Wilsonimaia ethelae Schweitzer et al. p. 16 fig. 10.4

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyMajoideaSamouelle 1819
familyMajidaeSamouelle 1819
subfamilyMajinaeSamouelle 1819
genusWilsonimaia
speciesethelae

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.

†Wilsonimaia ethelae Blow and Manning 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available