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Hoploparia georgeana

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae

Taxonomy
Hoploparia georgeana was named by Rathbun (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brightseat Locality, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Monmouth Formation of Maryland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Hoploparia georgeana Rathbun p. 25 figs. Plate 9, Figs. 9-12
2010Hoploparia georgeana Schweitzer et al. p. 29

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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)
infraorderAstacideaLatreille 1802
HomaridaScholtz and Richter 1995
superfamilyNephropoideaDana 1852
familyNephropidaeDana 1852
genusHoploparia
speciesgeorgeana

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.

Hoploparia georgeana Rathbun 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:13:02
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:13:02
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (mississippi) Hoploparia georgeana (232464)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Hoploparia georgeana (type locality: 140996)