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Eomunidopsis portlandica

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae

Taxonomy
Eomunidopsis portlandica was named by Fraaye and Collins (1996). Its type specimen is MAB K.1695, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is ARC Broadcraft Quarry, Roach blocks, which is in a Tithonian perireef or subreef packstone in the Purbeck Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Eomunidopsis portlandica Fraaye and Collins p. 324 fig. 1a
2010Eomunidopsis portlandica Schweitzer et al. p. 49

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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)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyGalatheoideaSamouelle 1819
familyGalatheidaeSamouelle 1819
genusEomunidopsisVia Boada 1981
speciesportlandica

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.

†Eomunidopsis portlandica Fraaye and Collins 1996
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Diagnosis
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