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Distefania lauginigeri

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae

Taxonomy
Distefania lauginigeri was named by Feldmann et al. (2013). Its type specimen is NJSM 23303, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Merchantville/Marshalltown spoil piles, N side of C&D Canal, which is in a Campanian marine sandstone in Delaware.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Distefania lauginigeri Feldmann et al. p. 16

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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()
DromiaceaDe Haan 1833
superfamilyHomolodromioideaAlcock 1900
familyGoniodromitidaeBeurlen 1932
genusDistefaniaChecchia-Rispolli 1914
specieslauginigeri

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.

Distefania lauginigeri Feldmann et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available