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Montezumella scabra

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Montezumellidae

Taxonomy
Montezumella scabra was named by Quayle and Collins (1981). Its type specimen is BMNH In.61711, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Horizon A2, Christchurch Bay, which is in a Bartonian coastal claystone in the Barton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Montezumella scabra Quayle and Collins p. 747 figs. Pl 105, fig 1
1994Montezumella scabra Beschin et al. p. 183
2010Montezumella scabra Schweitzer et al. p. 104

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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
superfamilyMontezumelloidea
familyMontezumellidae
genusMontezumella
speciesscabra

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.

†Montezumella scabra Quayle and Collins 1981
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Diagnosis
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