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Palaeopinnixa perornata

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae

Taxonomy
Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) perornata was named by Collins and Morris (1976). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 61361 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spa Estate, which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine horizon in the Scotland Beds Formation of Barbados.

It was recombined as Palaeopinnixa perornata by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Luque et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) perornata Collins and Morris p. 127 figs. Pl 19, fig 4
2001Palaeopinnixa perornata Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 336
2010Palaeopinnixa perornata Schweitzer et al. p. 136
2017Palaeopinnixa perornata Luque et al. p. 28

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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
genusPalaeopinnixa()
speciesperornata()

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.

Palaeopinnixa perornata Collins and Morris 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available