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Petrochirus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2224491	https://www.gbif.org/species/2224491
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	22634	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22634

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Diogenidae : Petrochirus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Malacostraca	Latreille 1802
superorder	Eucarida	Calman 1904
order	Decapoda	Latreille 1802
infraorder	Anomura	Milne-Edwards 1832
superfamily	Paguroidea	Latreille 1802
family	Diogenidae	Ortmann 1892
genus	Petrochirus	Stimpson 1858

Scientific Name

Petrochirus Stimpson, 1858

Name Published In

Stimpson, W. (1858). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars VII. Crustacea Anomoura. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phiadelphia. 10: 225-252.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Petrochirus	genus	belongs to Paguridae	stated without evidence	Rathbun, 1918
Petrochirus	genus	belongs to Decapoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Petrochirus	genus	belongs to Diogenidae	stated without evidence	Todd and Collins, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (33%)

First Recorded Appearance

101 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Malacostraca)

Vision

well-developed (based on Malacostraca)

Diet

carnivore (based on Decapoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Malacostraca)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Petrochirus bahamensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Petrochirus bouvieri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	23.0 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Petrochirus californiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petrochirus diogenes species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Petrochirus inequalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Petrochirus mezi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Petrochirus poscolensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Petrochirus priscus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.7 Ma Miocene	13.7 Ma Miocene
Petrochirus pustulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petrochirus taylori ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1858	Petrochirus Stimpson
1918	Petrochirus Rathbun p. 153
1935	Petrochirus Rathbun p. 40
2002	Petrochirus Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Petrochirus Todd and Collins p. 67
2010	Petrochirus Schweitzer et al.
2016	Petrochirus Beschin et al. p. 52
2017	Petrochirus Luque et al. p. 24

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Rathbun M. J. (1918) Decapod Crustaceans from the Panama Region, Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum, 123-184

Rathbun M. J. (1935) Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, Geological Society of America Special Paper 2, 1-160

Todd J. A., Collins J. S. H. (2005) Neogene and Quaternary crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) collected from Costa Rica and Panama by members of the Panama Paleontology Project, Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 32, 53-85

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2010) Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species, Crustaceana Monographs 10, 1-222

Luque J., Schweitzer C. E., et al (2017) Checklist of fossil decapod crustaceans from tropical America. Part I: Anomura and Brachyura, Nauplius 25, e2017025 doi:10.1590/2358-2936e2017025

McLaughlin, P. A.; Komai, T.; Lemaitre, R.; Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I – Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 23: 5-107. - via World Register of Marine Species

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. supplement 21: 1-109. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs, Jr., R. B. Manning, et al., 1989: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17. 77. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1858 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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