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Dromioidea
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Dromioidea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 181 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 66 (36%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 152 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, and A. Garassino, H. Karasawa, and G. Schweigert. 2010. Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species. Crustaceana Monographs 10:1-222 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Basinotopidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Diaulacidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Dromiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 72 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dynomenidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 39 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Sphaerodromiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Cyamocarcinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Eotrachynotocarcinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Gemmellarocarcinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||
| Mesodromilites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ovamene ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Prehepatus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Stephanometopon ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1833 | Dromioidea De Haan |
| 1926 | Dromiidea Rathbun p. 87 |
| 1993 | Dromioidea Karasawa p. 39 |
| 2010 | Dromioidea Schweitzer et al. |
| 2017 | Dromioidea Luque et al. p. 8 |
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!
