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Branchioplax sulcata

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mathildellidae

Taxonomy
Branchioplax sulcata was named by Muller and Collins (1991). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Szepvolgy Limestory Facies 4, which is in a Paleogene marine limestone in Hungary.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Branchioplax sulcata Muller and Collins p. 82
2010Branchioplax sulcata Schweitzer et al. p. 137
2015Branchioplax sulcata Beschin et al. p. 100
2016Branchioplax sulcata Beschin et al. p. 148

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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
superfamilyGoneplacoideaMacLeay 1838
familyMathildellidae()
genusBranchioplax
speciessulcata

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.

†Branchioplax sulcata Muller and Collins 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available