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Petrochirus taylori

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae

Taxonomy
Petrochirus taylori was named by Rathbun (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is About 3 mi SW of Farmersville, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/marl in the Wolfe City Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Petrochirus taylori Rathbun p. 40
2010Petrochirus taylori 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
speciestaylori

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 taylori Rathbun 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available