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Calappa praelata ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8501882	https://www.gbif.org/species/8501882
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	223255	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=223255

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Calappidae : Calappa : Calappa praelata

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Calappidae : Calappa : Calappa praelata

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Malacostraca	Latreille 1802
superorder	Eucarida	Calman 1904
order	Decapoda	Latreille 1802
-	Meiura	Saint Laurent 1980
infraorder	Brachyura	Latreille 1802
-	Eubrachyura	de Saint Laurent 1980
-	Heterotremata	Guinot 1977
superfamily	Calappoidea	De Haan 1833
family	Calappidae	De Haan 1833
genus	Calappa	Weber 1795
species	Calappa praelata	Lorenthey 1929

Generic Name

Calappa

Scientific Name

Calappa praelata Lorenthey, 1929

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Calappa praelata	species	belongs to Calappa	stated with evidence	Lorenthey, 1929

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

7.25 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Malacostraca)

Vision

well-developed (based on Malacostraca)

Diet

carnivore (based on Decapoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Malacostraca)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, and A. Garassino, H. Karasawa, and G. Schweigert. 2010. Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species. Crustaceana Monographs 10:1-222

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1929	Calappa praelata Lorenthey

References

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2010) Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species, Crustaceana Monographs 10, 1-222

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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