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Pseudorhombilidae
| Description | Pseudorhombilidae is a family of crabs. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorhombilidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Pseudorhombilidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Pseudorhombilidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | H. Karasawa and C. E. Schweitzer. 2006. A new classification of the Xanthoidea sensu lato (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) based on phylogenetic analysis and traditional systematics and evaluation of all fossil Xanthoidea sensu lato. Contributions to Zoology 75(1/2):23-72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorhombilidae |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Bathyrhombila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Branchioplax ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 20 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Chacellus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coeloma ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Cyrtoplax genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Euphrosynoplax genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Homoliformis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Lophoxanthus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Micropanope genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Nanoplax genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Oediplax genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Panoplax genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Perunorhombila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudorhombila genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Robertsella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Scopolius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Speocarcinus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Tehuacana ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Tetraxanthus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Thalassoplax genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trapezioplax genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Speocarcinidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Speocarcinidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1900 | Pseudorhombilidae Alcock |
| 2004 | Pseudorhombilidae Schweitzer and Karasawa p. 81 |
| 2005 | Pseudorhombilidae Schweitzer p. 277 |
| 2006 | Pseudorhombilidae Karasawa and Schweitzer |
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!
