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Protochaetilia delaunayi

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Chaetiliidae

Taxonomy
Protochaetilia delaunayi was named by Wilson and Morel (2022). Its type specimen is MHNLM 2003.1.10739, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Butte de Gazonfier, Le Mans (Sables et Grès du Mans), which is in a Cenomanian coastal claystone/sandstone in the Le Mans Formation of France. It is the type species of Protochaetilia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Protochaetilia delaunayi Wilson and Morel p. 15 figs. 10, 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
Mancoida
orderIsopodaLatreille 1817
suborderValviferaSars 1882
familyChaetiliidaeDana 1853
genusProtochaetilia
speciesdelaunayi

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.

Protochaetilia delaunayi Wilson and Morel 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range: Middle Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Protochaetilia delaunayi (type locality: 59791)