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Necronectes proavita

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Taxonomy
Gatunia proavita was named by Rathbun (1918). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 5659, Gatun Dam, which is in a Tortonian marine siliciclastic in the Gatun Formation of Panama.

It was recombined as Necronectes proavita by Vega et al. (1999); it was recombined as Necronectes proavitus by Collins and Morris (1976), Schweitzer et al. (2002), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Luque et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Gatunia proavita Rathbun p. 168 figs. Plate 54-56, Plate 58 Figs. 16. 17
1976Necronectes proavitus Collins and Morris p. 125 figs. Pl 19, fig 9
1999Necronectes proavita Vega et al. p. 412
2002Necronectes proavitus Schweitzer et al. p. 13
2010Necronectes proavitus Schweitzer et al. p. 109
2017Necronectes proavitus Luque et al. p. 23

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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()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyPortunidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyNecronectinaeGlaessner 1928
genusNecronectesMilne-Edwards 1881
speciesproavita()

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.

Necronectes proavita Rathbun 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Gatunia proavita (145200 145567)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Gatunia proavita (226687 type locality: 226688 226689)