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Titanocarcinus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4648285	https://www.gbif.org/species/4648285
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	22733	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22733

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Tumidocarcinidae : Titanocarcinus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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
superfamily	Carpilioidea	Ortmann 1893
family	Tumidocarcinidae	Schweitzer 2005
genus	Titanocarcinus	A.Milne-Edwards 1863

Scientific Name

Titanocarcinus A.Milne-Edwards, 1863

Name Published In

Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, (4) 20

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Titanocarcinus	genus	belongs to Xanthidae	stated without evidence	Muller and Collins, 1991
Titanocarcinus	genus	belongs to Decapoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Titanocarcinus	genus	belongs to Pilumnidae	stated without evidence	Karasawa and Schweitzer, 2006
Titanocarcinus	genus	belongs to Tumidocarcinidae	stated without evidence	Schweitzer et al., 2007
Titanocarcinus	genus	belongs to Tumidocarcinidae	stated with evidence	Schweitzer et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (36%)

First Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

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)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Titanocarcinus briarti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Titanocarcinus decor ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Titanocarcinus elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Titanocarcinus euglyhos ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Titanocarcinus euglyphos species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Titanocarcinus faxeensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Titanocarcinus kambuehelensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Titanocarcinus mammilatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Titanocarcinus meridionalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Titanocarcinus polonicus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	299 Ma Carboniferous	0 Ma Extant
Titanocarcinus raulinianus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Titanocarcinus schweitzerae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Titanocarcinus serratifrons ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Titanocarcinus sismondae species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Titanocarcinus subellipticus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Titanocarcinus zoellneri species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1864	Titanocarcinus Milne Edwards p. 31 figs. pl. 9, fig. 3, pl. 10, fig. 4
1991	Titanocarcinus Muller and Collins p. 81
1995	Leptoides Collins et al. p. 203
1998	Titanocarcinus Feldmann et al. p. 12
2002	Leptoides Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Titanocarcinus Sepkoski, Jr.

Year	Name and Author
2006	Titanocarcinus Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 47
2007	Titanocarcinus Schweitzer et al. p. 279
2010	Titanocarcinus Schweitzer et al.
2016	Titanocarcinus Beschin et al. p. 103
2018	Titanocarcinus Beschin et al. p. 186

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Muller P., Collins J. S. H. (1991) Late Eocene Coral-Associated Decapods (Crustacea) From Hungary, Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 28 2-3, 47-92

Collins J. S. H., Fraaye R. H. B., et al (1995) Late Cretaceous anomurans and brachyurans from the Maastrichtian type area, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 40 2, 165-210

Feldmann R. M., Bice K. L., et al (1998) Decapod crustaceans from the Eocene Castle Hayne Formation, North Carolina: paleoceanographic implications, Journal of Paleontology 72 Supplement, 1-28

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., Artal P., et al (2007) Revision of the genus Titanocarcinus (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) with two new genera and one new species, Journal of Crustacean Biology 27 2, 278-295

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 (authority adjusted) - 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

Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, (4) 20 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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