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Maja
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Maja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (25%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 13.8 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Maja aquinado species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Maja arambourgi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Maja austriaca ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Maja biaensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 7.25 Ma Miocene | |
| Maja crispata species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Maja dominoleuae ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Maja hungarica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Maja laddi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Maja miocaenica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Maja morii ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Maja orbigniana ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Maja oroszyi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Maja robinsoni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Maja squinado species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Maja tomidai ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1801 | Maja Lamarck |
| 1818 | Maia Lamarck |
| 2002 | Maja Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2010 | Maja Schweitzer et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
