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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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:24:49
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:24:49
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range: Late/Upper Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Eomunidopsis portlandica (type locality: 146255)