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Eocarpilius ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4648853	https://www.gbif.org/species/4648853
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	22420	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22420

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Brusiniidae : Eocarpilius

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Carpiliidae : Eocarpilius

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
-	Meiura	Saint Laurent 1980
infraorder	Brachyura	Latreille 1802
-	Eubrachyura	de Saint Laurent 1980
superfamily	Carpilioidea	Ortmann 1893
family	Carpiliidae	Ortmann 1893
genus	Eocarpilius	Blow & Manning 1996

Scientific Name

Eocarpilius Blow & Manning, 1996

Name Published In

Tulane Stud Geol Paleontol 29 (1-2), July 31

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eocarpilius	genus	belongs to Xanthidae	stated with evidence	Blow and Manning, 1996
Eocarpilius	genus	belongs to Xanthidae	stated without evidence	Feldmann et al., 1998
Eocarpilius	genus	belongs to Decapoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Eocarpilius	genus	belongs to Carpiliidae	stated without evidence	Schweitzer, 2003
Eocarpilius	genus	belongs to Carpiliidae	stated with evidence	Karasawa and Schweitzer, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

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)

W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1996. Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:1-26

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Eocarpilius anomala ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Eocarpilius anomola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eocarpilius antiquus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eocarpilius blowi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Eocarpilius carolinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	47.8 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1996	Eocarpilius Blow and Manning p. 20
1998	Eocarpilius Feldmann et al. p. 11
2002	Eocarpilius Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Eocarpilius Schweitzer p. 1110
2006	Eocarpilius Karasawa and Schweitzer
2016	Eocarpilius Beschin et al. p. 54

References

Blow W. C., Manning R. B. (1996) Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A., Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29, 1-26

Feldmann R. M., Bice K. L., et al (1998) Decapod crustaceans from the Eocene Castle Hayne Formation, North Carolina: paleoceanographic implications, Journal of Paleontology 72 Supplement, 1-28

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

Schweitzer C. E. (2003) Utility of Proxy Characters for Classification of Fossils: An Example from the Fossil Xanthoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Journal of Paleontology 77 6, 1107-1128

Karasawa H., Schweitzer C. E. (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

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

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Tulane Stud Geol Paleontol 29 (1-2), July 31 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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