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Gillcarcinus amphora

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Chasmocarcinidae

Taxonomy
Gillcarcinus amphora was named by Collins and Morris (1978). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 61553, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ramak Kwar, south-west of Dera Ismail Khan, which is in a Lutetian marine shale/limestone in the Domanda Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Gillcarcinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Gillcarcinus amphora Collins and Morris p. 967 figs. Pl 117, figs 2-4
2004Gillcarcinus amphora Schweitzer et al. p. 104
2010Gillcarcinus amphora Schweitzer et al. p. 133
2022Gillcarcinus amphora Schweitzer et al. p. 3 fig. 1.7

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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
superfamilyGoneplacoideaMacLeay 1838
familyChasmocarcinidaeSerene 1964
subfamilyChasmocarcininaeSerene 1964
genusGillcarcinus
speciesamphora

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.

†Gillcarcinus amphora Collins and Morris 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available