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Xanthosia delicata

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Etyidae

Taxonomy
Xanthosia delicata was named by Fraaye (1996). Its type specimen is MAB k1960 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is ENCI Quarry, 6 m above base of Meerssen Member, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands. It is the type species of Xanthosioides.

It was recombined as Xanthosioides delicata by Collins and Breton (2009), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2012) and Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Xanthosia delicata Fraaye p. 274 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; text-fig 3g
2009Xanthosioides delicata Collins and Breton p. 49
2010Xanthosioides delicata Schweitzer et al. p. 131
2012Xanthosioides delicata Schweitzer et al. p. 152
2021Xanthosioides delicata Schweitzer et al. p. 32 fig. 16.4

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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()
—Etyoida
superfamilyEtyoideaGuinot and Tavares 2001
familyEtyidaeGuinot and Tavares 2001
genusXanthosia
speciesdelicata

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.

†Xanthosia delicata Fraaye 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:17:13
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:17:13
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Xanthosia delicata (type locality: 126168)