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Costacopluma salamanca

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Taxonomy
Costacopluma salamanca was named by Feldmann et al. (1997). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Punta Matalinares, which is in a Danian marine claystone/sandstone in the Salamanca Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Costacopluma salamanca Feldmann et al. p. 126
2010Costacopluma salamanca Schweitzer et al. p. 99

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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
superfamilyRetroplumoideaGill 1894
familyRetroplumidaeGill 1894
genusCostacopluma
speciessalamanca

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.

†Costacopluma salamanca Feldmann et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available