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Scyllarella ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4644767https://www.gbif.org/species/4644767
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)22704https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22704
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Scyllaridae : Scyllarella
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
infraorderAchelataScholtz and Richter 1995
superfamilyPalinuroideaLatreille 1802
familyScyllaridaeLatreille 1825
genusScyllarellaRathbun 1935
Scientific NameScyllarella Rathbun, 1935
Name Published InSpec. Pap. Geol. Soc. Amer., No. 2
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Scyllarellagenusbelongs to Scyllaridaestated without evidenceSchweitzer et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance125 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Malacostraca)
Visionwell-developed (based on Malacostraca)
Dietcarnivore (based on Decapoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Malacostraca)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2):1-160

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Scyllarella aspera ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		159.2 Ma
Paleocene		59.2 Ma
Paleocene
Scyllarella gardneri ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Scyllarella gibbera ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		159.2 Ma
Paleocene		59.2 Ma
Paleocene
Scyllarella manleyi ✝
species		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		156.0 Ma
Paleocene		56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1935Scyllarella Rathbun
2010Scyllarella Schweitzer et al.
2017Scyllarella Feldmann and Schweitzer

References

Rathbun M. J. (1935) Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, Geological Society of America Special Paper 2, 1-160
Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2010) Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species, Crustaceana Monographs 10, 1-222
Feldmann R. M., Schweitzer C. E. (2017) Scyllarella (Decopoda: Achelata: Scyllaridae) from the Lookingglass Formation (Eocene): first occurrence on western coast of North America, Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 43, 11-15
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
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Spec. Pap. Geol. Soc. Amer., No. 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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