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Typilobus obscurus

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Taxonomy
Typilobus obscurus was named by Quayle and Collins (1981). Its type specimen is BMNH 49664, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Colwell Bay (Edwards collection), which is in a Priabonian coastal siliciclastic in the Headon Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. semsyanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Typilobus obscurus Quayle and Collins p. 743 figs. Pl 104, fig 13
2010Typilobus obscurus Schweitzer et al. p. 91

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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()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyLeucosioideaSamouelle 1819
genusTypilobusStoliczka 1871
speciesobscurus

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.

†Typilobus obscurus Quayle and Collins 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available