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Cancer (Romaleon) wahkiakumensis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)388478https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=388478
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Cancridae : Romaleon : Cancer (Romaleon) wahkiakumensis
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
-MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyuraLatreille 1802
-Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
-HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyCancroideaLatreille 1802
familyCancridaeLatreille 1802
subfamilyCancrinaeLatreille 1802
genusRomaleonGistl 1848
speciesCancer (Romaleon) wahkiakumensisBerglund and Goedert 1992
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cancer (Romaleon) wahkiakumensisspeciesbelongs to Cancer (Romaleon)stated with evidenceBerglund and Goedert, 1992
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Malacostraca)
Visionwell-developed (based on Malacostraca)
Dietcarnivore (based on Decapoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Malacostraca)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. E. Berglund and J. L. Goedert. 1992. A new species of Cancer (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Miocene Astoria Formation in Washington. Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History 9:1-11

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1992Cancer (Romaleon) wahkiakumensis Berglund and Goedert
2000Anisospinos wahkiakumensis Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 229

References

Berglund R. E., Goedert J. L. (1992) A new species of Cancer (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Miocene Astoria Formation in Washington, Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History 9, 1-11
Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M. (2000) Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latreille, 1902 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species, Contributions to Zoology 69 4, 223-250
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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