Tyrannosculda laurae Haug & Haug 2021

Taxonomy

Mantis shrimp

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca Latreille 1802
Order: Stomatopoda Latreille 1825
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Tyrannosculda
Species: Tyrannosculda laurae
Author Citation C. Haug & J. Haug 2021

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Tithonian

Stratigraphy

Weissjura Group
Painten Formation

Biostratigraphy

Hybonoticeras hybonotum Zone
Lithacoceras riedense Subzone
Lithacoceras eigeltingense Horizon

Provenance

Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

Dimensions

Length: 5 mm

Location

Zandt quarry
Denkendorf (Eichstätt District)
Bavaria
Germany

• mantis shrimp
• painten formation
• tff-oilshale-ar2507
• zandt

Comments

Diagnosis from Haug & Haug 2021, p. 11: "Stomatopod of moderate size. Body subcylindrical. Posterior feeding apparatus (maxillipeds 2–5) with first pair of raptorial appendages large, second pair of medium size, posterior two pairs being small. No dorsal surface ornamentation on shield or tergites. Pleopods with multi-annulated (outer ?) ramus. Uropods with lanceolate to paddle-shaped endo- and exopods. Endopods of uropods with serration along the median margin. Exopods of uropods with movable teeth along the lateral margin."

References:

C. Giebel. 1857. Zur Fauna des lithographischen Schiefers von Solenhofen. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaft 9:373-388.
A. Kunth. 1870. Ueber wenig bekante Crustaceen von Solenhofen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 22:771-802.
J. Haug, C. Haug, A. Maas, D. Waloszek & V. Kutschera (2010): Evolution of mantis shrimps (Stomatopoda, Malacostraca) in the light of new Mesozoic fossils. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10(1):290.
Haug C, Haug JT. (2021). A new fossil mantis shrimp and the convergent evolution of a lobster-like morphotype. PeerJ 9:e11124 DOI 10.7717/peerj.11124