List of prehistoric malacostracans

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Branchioplax (Decapoda: Brachyura) Branchioplax washingtoniana 02a SR EC 07-01-12.jpg
Branchioplax (Decapoda: Brachyura)

This list of prehistoric malacostracans illustrates the genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be malacostracans, a class of crustacean arthropod, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful ( nomina dubia ), or were not formally published ( nomina nuda ), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered malacostracans. [1] The majority of the genera are from the order Decapoda, for which a recent synopsis allows invalid names to be excluded. [2]

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Order Decapoda

Suborder Dendrobranchiata

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Aeger elegans (Aegeridae)

Infraorder Stenopodidea

Infraorder Caridea

Infraorder Astacidea

Palaeonephrops browni (Bearpaw Shale, Cretaceous) Palaeonephrops browni stickpen 01.jpg
Palaeonephrops browni (Bearpaw Shale, Cretaceous)

Infraorder Glypheidea

Eryma mandelslohi (Jurassic) Eryma mandelslohi (Krebs) - Oberer Brauner Jura - Bissingen unter Teck.jpg
Eryma mandelslohi (Jurassic)

Infraorder Thalassinidea

Thalassinoides, an ichnofossil produced by a thalassinidean (Israel, Middle Jurassic) ThalassinoidesIsrael.JPG
Thalassinoides , an ichnofossil produced by a thalassinidean (Israel, Middle Jurassic)

Infraorder Achelata

Infraorder Polychelida

Eryon arctiformis (Solnhofen Limestone, Tithonian) Eryon cuvieri Solnhofen.jpg
Eryon arctiformis (Solnhofen Limestone, Tithonian)

Infraorder Anomura

Claws of an Eocene hermit crab of the genus Dardanus Dardanus species 1 SR EC 07-01-17.jpg
Claws of an Eocene hermit crab of the genus Dardanus

Infraorder Brachyura

Harpactocarcinus (Eocene) Harpactocarcinus.jpg
Harpactocarcinus (Eocene)
Megokkos alaskensis (Late Eocene) Megokkos alaskanensis 01.jpg
Megokkos alaskensis (Late Eocene)
Pulalius (Oligocene) Pulalius.jpg
Pulalius (Oligocene)

Order Aeschronectida

+Aenigmacaris cornigerum SCHRAM & HORNER 1979 from the Mississippian Heath Formation of Bear Gulch, Montana +Aenigmacaris cornigerum SCHRAM & HORNER 1979.jpg
†Aenigmacaris cornigerum SCHRAM & HORNER 1979 from the Mississippian Heath Formation of Bear Gulch, Montana

Order Amphipoda

Order Angustidontida

Order Archaeostraca

Nahecaris stuertzi at the Museum fur Naturkunde, Berlin Nahecaris.jpg
Nahecaris stuertzi at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin

Order Belotelsonidea

Order Cumacea

Order Eocaridacea

Order Hoplostraca

Order Hymenostraca

Order Isopoda

Isopod inclusion in Baltic amber (Eocene) Baltic amber inclusions - (Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda).JPG
Isopod inclusion in Baltic amber (Eocene)

Order Leptostraca

Order Lophogastrida

Order Mysidacea

Order Palaeostomatopoda

Phyllocarida incertae sedis

Order Stomatopoda

+Tyrannophontes acanthocercus from the Mississippian Heath Formation of Bear Gulch, Montana +Tyrannophontes acanthocercus Unt Karbon Bear Gulch Montana USA Ar886a.jpg
†Tyrannophontes acanthocercus from the Mississippian Heath Formation of Bear Gulch, Montana

Order Tanaidacea

Order Waterstonellidea

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (MALACOSTRACA)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  3. 1 2 Jérôme Chablais, Rodney M. Feldmann & Carrie E. Schweitzer (2011). "A new Triassic decapod, Platykotta akaina, from the Arabian shelf of the northern United Arab Emirates: earliest occurrence of the Anomura" (PDF). Paläontologische Zeitschrift . 85: 93–102. doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0080-y.
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