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Hexapus pinfoldi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae

Taxonomy
Hexapus pinfoldi was named by Collins and Morris (1978). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 61660, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South of Parwara village, which is in a Bartonian coastal shale in the Drazinda Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Hexapus pinfoldi Collins and Morris p. 977 figs. Pl 118, figs 8-10,12
2001Hexapus pinfoldi Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 335
2010Hexapus pinfoldi Schweitzer et al. p. 136

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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
superfamilyHexapodoideaMiers 1886
familyHexapodidaeMiers 1886
genusHexapusDe Haan 1833
speciespinfoldi

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.

†Hexapus pinfoldi Collins and Morris 1978
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Diagnosis
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