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Lyreidus antarcticus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae

Taxonomy
Lyreidus antarcticus was named by Feldmann and Zinsmeister (1984). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IPS 445, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

It was recombined as Lyreidus (Lyreidus) antarcticus by Feldmann (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Lyreidus antarcticus Feldmann and Zinsmeister
1988Lyreidus antarcticus Feldmann and Wilson p. 477 figs. 8, 9.1-9.11, 10.1-10.8
1992Lyreidus (Lyreidus) antarcticus Feldmann p. 945
2003Lyreidus antarcticus Feldmann et al. p. 152
2010Lyreidus antarcticus Schweitzer et al. p. 71
2014Lyreidus antarcticus Karasawa et al. p. 249

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
PodotremataGuinot 1977
Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyRaninoideade Haan 1839
familyLyreididaeGuinot 1993
subfamilyLyreidinae
genusLyreidusDe Haan 1841
speciesantarcticus

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.

Lyreidus antarcticus Feldmann and Zinsmeister 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunaluc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica Lyreidus antarcticus (57755 100414)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica Lyreidus antarcticus (57739 57754)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Antarctica Lyreidus antarcticus (type locality: 207756)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Antarctica Lyreidus antarcticus (191747)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Antarctica Lyreidus antarcticus (57735 57737 57753 57757 57762 191736 191737 191738 191739 191740 191741 191742 191743 191744 191745 191746)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Antarctica Lyreidus antarcticus (31173)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Antarctica Lyreidus antarcticus (57758)