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Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) nodosa

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae

Taxonomy
Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) nodosa was named by Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen (1992). Its type specimen is MGUH 21.614, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Viapinnixa.

It was recombined as Viapinnixa nodosa by Vega et al. (2001), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001), Vega et al. (2007), Armstrong et al. (2009) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) nodosa Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen p. 40 figs. 22A-B
2001Viapinnixa nodosa Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 340
2001Viapinnixa nodosa Vega et al. p. 943
2007Viapinnixa nodosa Vega et al.
2009Viapinnixa nodosa Armstrong et al. p. 759
2010Viapinnixa nodosa Schweitzer et al. p. 139

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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
superfamilyHexapodoideaMiers 1886
familyHexapodidaeMiers 1886
genusPinnixa()
subgenusPalaeopinnixa
speciesnodosa

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.

Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) nodosa Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Pinnixa nodosa (22943)