Aenigmastacus crandalli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Parastacoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Astacidea Superfamilia: Parastacoidea

Familia: Parastacidae
Genus: †Aenigmastacus
Species: †Aenigmastacus crandalli

Name

• †Aenigmastacus crandalli Feldmann, Schweitzer, & Leahy, 2011

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; McAbee fossil beds, Tranquille Formation?, Kamloops Group; east of Cache Creek, Thompson-Nicola region, south-central British Columbia, Canada

Type material

• Holotype: TRUIPR L-018 F-1146 (part) & F-1147 (counterpart)
  • Repository: Thompson Rivers University Institute for Paleontological Research, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
• Paratypes: TRUIPR L-018 F-1143 & F-1144 (part and counterpart), F-1145, F-1148, F-1149, F-1150, F-1151, F-1152 & 1153 (part and counterpart), F-1154, F-1155, F-1156 & F-1157 (part and counterpart) and F-1158.
  • Repository: Thompson Rivers University Institute for Paleontological Research, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• The trivial name recognizes Prof. Keith Crandall, Brigham Young University, a noted authority on extant crayfish.

References

• Feldmann, R.M., Schweitzer, C.E., & Leahy, J., (2011) New Eocene crayfish from the McAbee Beds in British Columbia: First record of Parastacoidea in the Northern Hemisphere. Journal of Crustacean Biology 31(2): 320–331. doi:10.1651/10-3399.1.