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Avitelmessus grapsoideus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dakoticancridae

Taxonomy
Avitelmessus grapsoideus was named by Rathbun (1923). Its type specimen is USNM 31895, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 3452, Cape Fear River near Hudler's Landing, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Peedee Formation of North Carolina. It is the type species of Avitelmessus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Avitelmessus grapsoideus Rathbun p. 404 figs. Pl 101, fig 1; pl 102, fig 4
1935Avitelmessus grapsoideus Rathbun p. 51
2010Avitelmessus grapsoideus Schweitzer et al. p. 57
2017Avitelmessus grapsoideus Feldmann et al. p. 2 fig. 1.3a,b

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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()
Life
Dakoticancroida
superfamilyDakoticancroidea()
familyDakoticancridae
genusAvitelmessus
speciesgrapsoideus

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.

Avitelmessus grapsoideus Rathbun 1923
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Diagnosis
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