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Palaxius

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4945482https://www.gbif.org/species/4945482
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)86766https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=86766
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Palaxius
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
genusPalaxiusBrönnimann & Norton 1960
Scientific NamePalaxius Brönnimann & Norton, 1960
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Palaxiusgenusbelongs to Decapodastated without evidenceSenowbari-Daryan and Stanley, 1986
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Malacostraca)
Visionwell-developed (based on Malacostraca)
Dietcarnivore (based on Decapoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Malacostraca)
Primary Reference (PBDB)B. Senowbari-Daryan and G. D. Stanley, Jr. 1986. Thalassinid anomuran microcoprolites from Upper Triassic carbonate rocks of central Peru. Lethaia 19(4):343-354

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Palaxius shastaensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1960Palaxius Brönnimann and Norton
1986Palaxius Senowbari-Daryan and Stanley, Jr. p. 344

References

Senowbari-Daryan B., Stanley, Jr. G. D. (1986) Thalassinid anomuran microcoprolites from Upper Triassic carbonate rocks of central Peru, Lethaia 19 4, 343-354
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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