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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:16:09
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:16:09
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Messinian or 23.03000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Florida) Petrochirus inequalis (143895)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Petrochirus inequalis (228607 228608 228609 228610 228620 228630 228631)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Petrochirus inequalis (type locality: 135463)