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Vegarthron ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4649077https://www.gbif.org/species/4649077
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)218234https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=218234
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Callianassidae : Vegarthron
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classMalacostracaLatreille 1802
superorderEucaridaCalman 1904
orderDecapodaLatreille 1802
infraorderThalassinideaLatreille 1831
superfamilyCallianassoideaDana 1852
familyCallianassidaeDana 1852
genusVegarthronSchweitzer & Feldmann 2002
Scientific NameVegarthron Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2002
Name Published InSchweitzer, C. E.; Feldmann, R. M. (2002). New Eocene Decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from Southern California. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 22(4): 938-967.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Vegarthrongenusbelongs to Callianassidaestated with evidenceSchweitzer and Feldmann, 2002
Vegarthrongenusbelongs to Callianassidaestated without evidenceSchweitzer et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Malacostraca)
Visionwell-developed (based on Malacostraca)
Dietcarnivore (based on Decapoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Malacostraca)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2002. New Eocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from Southern California. Journal of Crustacean Biology 22:938-967

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Vegarthron santiago ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		146.2 Ma
Eocene		46.2 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2002Vegarthron Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 940
2010Vegarthron Schweitzer et al.

References

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M. (2002) New Eocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from Southern California, Journal of Crustacean Biology 22, 938-967
Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2010) Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species, Crustaceana Monographs 10, 1-222
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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
J Crustacean Biol 22 (4), November - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Schweitzer, C.E.; Feldmann, R.M. (2002). New Eocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from southern California. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 22 (4), 938-967 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Schweitzer, C. E.; Feldmann, R. M. (2002). New Eocene Decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from Southern California. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 22(4): 938-967. - via World Register of Marine Species
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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