Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Species W. grantonensis | |
Order Waterstonellidea
Schram, 1981 Family Waterstonellidae
Schram, 1979 Scientific name Waterstonella grantonensis People also search for Crangopsis, Tealliocaris, Belotelson | ||
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. It is named after Dr. Charles Waterstone, keeper of geology at the Royal Scottish Museum, while the specific epithet commemorates the location where the fossil was found, the Granton shrimp beds, near Edinburgh.
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