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Goneplacoidea

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	91445	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=91445

Rank

superfamily (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Goneplacoidea

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
-	Heterotremata	Guinot 1977
superfamily	Goneplacoidea	MacLeay 1838

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Goneplacoidea	superfamily	belongs to Brachyura	stated without evidence	Schweitzer et al., 2006
Goneplacoidea	superfamily	belongs to Heterotremata	stated without evidence	Karasawa and Schweitzer, 2006
Goneplacoidea	superfamily	belongs to Brachyura	stated without evidence	Schweitzer et al., 2010
Goneplacoidea	superfamily	belongs to Heterotremata	stated without evidence	Luque et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

126

Extant Size (PBDB)

22 (17%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

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. 2006. Utility of proxy characters for classification of fossils: an example from the fossil Xanthoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Journal of Paleontology 77(6):1107-1128

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Acidopsidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Carinocarcinoididae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Chasmocarcinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	28	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Conleyidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Euryplacidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	22	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Litocheiridae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	48.6 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Martinocarcinidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Mathildellidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	28	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Progeryonidae genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scalopidiidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Vultocinidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1838	Goneplacoidea MacLeay
2006	Goneplacoidea Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 55'
2006	Goneplacoidea Schweitzer et al. p. 24 figs. Table 1
2008	Goneplacoidea Feldmann et al. p. 49
2008	Goneplacoidea Vega et al.
2010	Goneplacoidea Schweitzer et al. p. 51
2017	Goneplacoidea Luque et al. p. 18

References

Schweitzer C. E. (2006) Utility of proxy characters for classification of fossils: an example from the fossil Xanthoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Journal of Paleontology 77 6, 1107-1128 doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<1107:UOPCFC>2.0.CO;2

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

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2006) New Decapoda (Anomura, Brachyura) from the Eocene Bateque and Tepetate Formations, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33, 21-45

Feldmann R. M., Schweitzer C. E., et al (2008) Fossil isopod and decapod crustaceans from the Kowai Formation (Pliocene) near Makikihi, South Canterbury, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 51, 43-58

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2010) Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species, Crustaceana Monographs 10, 1-222

Luque J., Schweitzer C. E., et al (2017) Checklist of fossil decapod crustaceans from tropical America. Part I: Anomura and Brachyura, Nauplius 25, e2017025 doi:10.1590/2358-2936e2017025

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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