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Xanthilites alabamensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae

Taxonomy
Xanthilites alabamensis was named by Rathbun (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Prairie Creek and Pine Barren section / Prairie Creek and Allenton, which is in a Thanetian marine horizon in Alabama. It is the type species of Paraverrucoides.

It was recombined as Paraverrucoides alabamensis by Schweitzer (2003), Vega et al. (2007), Armstrong et al. (2009), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Martínez-Díaz et al. (2017), Luque et al. (2017) and Schweitzer et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Xanthilites alabamensis Rathbun p. 91 figs. Plate 20, figures 3-16
2003Paraverrucoides alabamensis Schweitzer p. 1123
2007Paraverrucoides alabamensis Vega et al. p. 1438
2009Paraverrucoides alabamensis Armstrong et al. p. 758
2010Paraverrucoides alabamensis Schweitzer et al. p. 116
2017Paraverrucoides alabamensis Luque et al. p. 45
2017Paraverrucoides alabamensis Martínez-Díaz et al. p. 75
2018Paraverrucoides alabamensis Schweitzer et al. p. 10 fig. 7.1

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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
superfamilyCarpilioidea
familyTumidocarcinidae
genusXanthilites
speciesalabamensis

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.

Xanthilites alabamensis Rathbun 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Thanetian or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Xanthilites alabamensis (2859)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Xanthilites alabamensis (type locality: 142748)