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Prehepatus lenolensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae

Taxonomy
Xanthias lenolensis was named by Rathbun (1935). Its type specimen is ANSP 12804, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lenola, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in the Merchantville Formation of New Jersey.

It was recombined as Prehepatus lenolensis by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Xanthias lenolensis Rathbun p. 165 figs. 1-4
2010Prehepatus lenolensis Schweitzer et al. p. 86

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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
Life
superfamilyAethroideaDana 1851
familyAethridaeDana 1851
genusPrehepatus
specieslenolensis()

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.

Prehepatus lenolensis Rathbun 1935
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Diagnosis
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