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Xanthopsis errans

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Taxonomy
Xanthopsis errans was named by Woods (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Negritos, which is in an Eocene shallow subtidal shale/sandstone in the Negritos Formation of Peru.

It was recombined as Zanthopsis errans by Rathbun (1935) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Xanthopsis errans Woods p. 115 figs. Plate XVII, Figs. 7-10
1935Zanthopsis errans Rathbun p. 90
2010Zanthopsis errans Schweitzer et al. p. 118

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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
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyXanthidae
genusXanthopsis()
specieserrans

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.

Xanthopsis errans Woods 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Peru (Talara) Xanthopsis errans (type locality: 165441)