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Eocarpilius anomalus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae

Taxonomy
Menippe anomala was named by Rathbun (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is City quarry near cemetery, Wilmington, which is in an Eocene marine marl in the Jackson Formation of North Carolina.

It was recombined as Eocarpilius anomala by Blow and Manning (1996) and Schweitzer (2003); it was recombined as Eocarpilius anomalus by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Menippe anomala Rathbun p. 87 figs. Plate 19, figures 12-15
1996Eocarpilius anomala Blow and Manning p. 20
2003Eocarpilius anomala Schweitzer p. 1111
2010Eocarpilius anomalus Schweitzer et al. p. 114

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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
superfamilyCarpilioidea
familyCarpiliidae
genusEocarpilius
speciesanomalus()

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.

Eocarpilius anomalus Rathbun 1935
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Diagnosis
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