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Ameridromia ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4646226https://www.gbif.org/species/4646226
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)220986https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=220986
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Dromiidae : Ameridromia
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
-MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyuraLatreille 1802
superfamilyDromioideaDe Haan 1833
familyDromiidaeDe Haan 1833
genusAmeridromiaBlow & Manning 1996
Scientific NameAmeridromia Blow & Manning, 1996
Name Published InTulane Stud Geol Paleontol 29 (1-2), July 31
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ameridromiagenusbelongs to Dromiidaestated with evidenceBlow and Manning, 1996
Ameridromiagenusbelongs to Dromioideastated without evidenceSchweitzer et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Malacostraca)
Visionwell-developed (based on Malacostraca)
Dietcarnivore (based on Decapoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Malacostraca)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1996. Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:1-26

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ameridromia hyneorum ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		147.8 Ma
Eocene		47.8 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1996Ameridromia Blow and Manning p. 4
2010Ameridromia Schweitzer et al.

References

Blow W. C., Manning R. B. (1996) Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A., Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29, 1-26
Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2010) Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species, Crustaceana Monographs 10, 1-222
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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Tulane Stud Geol Paleontol 29 (1-2), July 31 - 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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