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Distefania calva

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae

Taxonomy
Distefania calva was named by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2010). Its type specimen is NHMW 1990/0041/4855, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Distefania calva Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 374 figs. 5.1-5.3

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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
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—DromiaceaDe Haan 1833
superfamilyHomolodromioideaAlcock 1900
familyGoniodromitidaeBeurlen 1932
genusDistefaniaChecchia-Rispolli 1914
speciescalva

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.

†Distefania calva Schweitzer and Feldmann 2010
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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 13:34:14
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:34:14
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Austria Distefania calva (89461)