Sottyxerxes
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Schram et al., 1982
| Sottyxerxes Temporal range: Carboniferous, | |
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| Artistic reconstruction of Sottyxerxes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subclass: | †Euthycarcinoidea |
| Genus: | †Sottyxerxes Schram et al., 1982 |
| Species: | †S. multiplex |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sottyxerxes multiplex Schram et al., 1982 | |
Sottyxerxes is an extinct genus of euthycarcinoid arthropod from the Carboniferous (Stephanian stage) Montceau-les-Mines lagerstätte in France.[1] It contains one species: Sottyxerxes multiplex.
The genus was originally described and named by Schram et al. in 1982 with two species: S. multiplex from the Stephanian Montceau-les-Mines lagerstätte and S. pieckoae from the Westphalian Mazon Creek.[1] However, S. pieckoae was later placed in the new genus Pieckoxerxes by Starobogatov in 1988.[2]
S. multiplex was described on the basis of 11 specimens. In 2008, Racheboeuf et al. redescribed the species with 49 new specimens, including some three-dimensionally preserved fossils.[3]
The genus name honours the Sotty family, prominent collectors of Montceau-les-Mines fossils. The specific name multiplex comes from Latin and means "manifold" or "multiple", referring to the numerous diplosegments.[1]
