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Order: | Waterstonellidea Schram, 1981
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Family: | Waterstonellidae Schram, 1979
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Genus: | Waterstonella Schram, 1979
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Species: | W. grantonensis
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Waterstonella grantonensis |
Waterstonella grantonensis is a species of fossil crustacean so distinct from other crustaceans that it has been placed in its own genus, Waterstonella, family, Waterstonellidae, and order, Waterstonellidea. [2] It is named after Charles Waterstone, keeper of geology at the Royal Scottish Museum, [1] while the specific epithet commemorates the location where the fossil was found, the Granton shrimp beds, near Edinburgh. [3]
Waterstonella Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Subphylum: | |
Order: | Waterstonellidea Schram, 1981
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Family: | Waterstonellidae Schram, 1979
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Genus: | Waterstonella Schram, 1979
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Species: | W. grantonensis
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Binomial name | |
Waterstonella grantonensis |
Waterstonella grantonensis is a species of fossil crustacean so distinct from other crustaceans that it has been placed in its own genus, Waterstonella, family, Waterstonellidae, and order, Waterstonellidea. [2] It is named after Charles Waterstone, keeper of geology at the Royal Scottish Museum, [1] while the specific epithet commemorates the location where the fossil was found, the Granton shrimp beds, near Edinburgh. [3]