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Lobonotus orientalis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae

Taxonomy
Lobonotus orientalis was named by Collins and Morris (1978). Its type specimen is BMNH In.48245, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South of Nila Kund, which is in a Ypresian coastal shale/limestone in the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Pakicarcinus.

It was recombined as Pakicarcinus orientalis by Schweitzer et al. (2004), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Charbonnier et al. (2013) and Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Lobonotus orientalis Collins and Morris p. 970 figs. Pl 116, figs 10,11; pl 117, fig 1
2002Lobonotus orientalis Schweitzer et al. p. 19
2004Pakicarcinus orientalis Schweitzer et al. p. 110
2010Pakicarcinus orientalis Schweitzer et al. p. 123
2013Pakicarcinus orientalis Charbonnier et al. p. 107 fig. 6J
2021Pakicarcinus orientalis Schweitzer et al. p. 11 fig. 4.7

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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
familyTumidocarcinidae
genusLobonotusMilne-Edwards 1863
speciesorientalis

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.

Lobonotus orientalis Collins and Morris 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan Lobonotus orientalis (type locality: 7731)