Palaeocarpilius

Palaeocarpilius Temporal range: Eocene–Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Paleocarpilius macrocheilus from Italy, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Carpiliidae
Genus:	† Palaeocarpilius A. Milne-Edwards, 1862 [2]

Palaeocarpilius is an extinct genus of crabs belonging to the family Carpiliidae. ^[3] The type species of this genus is Palaeocarpilius macrocheilus.

These epifaunal carnivores lived in the Eocene and the Oligocene, from 48.6 to 28.4 Ma. ^{[1] [4]}

Species

The following species are recognized: ^[1]

• Palaeocarpilius aquitanicusMilne-Edwards 1862
• Palaeocarpilius aquilinusCollins& Morris 1973
• Palaeocarpilius ignotusMilne-Edwards 1862
• Palaeocarpilius intermediusStubblefield 1927
• Palaeocarpilius laevisImaizumi 1939
• Palaeocarpilius macrocheilusDesmarest 1822
• Palaeocarpilius mississippiensisRathbun 1935
• Palaeocarpilius rugiferStoliczka 1871
• Palaeocarpilius valrovinensisDe Gregorio 1895

Distribution

Fossils of this genus have been found in the Eocene of Italy and in the Oligocene of India, Libya and United States. ^[1]

References

1. "The Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
2. "Paleocarpilius". Vertebres Fossiles. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
3. Regina Wetzer, Joel W. Martin and Sandra E. Trautwein (2003). "Phylogenetic relationships within the coral crab genus Carpilius (Brachyura, Xanthoidea, Carpiliidae) and of the Carpiliidae to other xanthoid crab families based on molecular sequence data" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 27 (3): 410–421. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00021-6. PMID   12742746. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
4. David Ward (2002). Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks). Smithsonian Institution. ISBN   978-0-7894-8984-5.