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Petrochirus inequalis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae

Taxonomy
Petrochirus inequalis was named by Rathbun (1919). Its type specimen is USNM 324467, a claw, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Amina River, Yaqui Valley, which is in a Messinian marine siliciclastic in the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Petrochirus inequalis Rathbun p. 167 figs. Pl 9, figs 13-15
1935Petrochirus inequalis Rathbun p. 104
2010Petrochirus inequalis Schweitzer et al. p. 55

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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
superfamilyPaguroideaLatreille 1802
familyDiogenidaeOrtmann 1892
genusPetrochirusStimpson 1858
speciesinequalis

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.

†Petrochirus inequalis Rathbun 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available