List of prehistoric malacostracans
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Branchioplax (Decapoda: Brachyura)
This list of prehistoric malacostracans illustrates the genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be malacostracans, a class of crustacean arthropod, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomina dubia), or were not formally published (nomina nuda), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered malacostracans.[1] The majority of the genera are from the order Decapoda, for which a recent synopsis allows invalid names to be excluded.[2]
Order Decapoda[]
Suborder Dendrobranchiata[]
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Aeger elegans (Aegeridae)
- Acanthochirana
- Aeger
- Albertoppelia
- Ambilobeia
- Antrimpos
- Archeosolenocera
- Benthesicymus
- Bombur
- Bylgia
- Carinacaris
- Carpopenaeus
- Cretapenaeus
- Cretasergestes
- Drobna
- Dusa
- Hakelocaris
- Ifasya
- Koelga
- Libanocaris
- Longichela
- Longitergite
- Macropenaeus
- Microchela
- Micropenaeus
- Paleomattea
- Penaeus
- Pseudobombur
- Pseudodusa
- Rauna
- Rhodanicaris
- Satyrocaris
- Sicyonia
Infraorder Stenopodidea[]
Infraorder Caridea[]
- Acanthinopus
- Alburnia
- Alcmonacaris
- Bannikovia
- Bechleja
- Beurlenia
- Blaculla
- Buergerocaris
- Caridina
- Crangon
- Delclosia
- Gampsurus
- Harthofia
- Hefriga
- Leiothorax
- Palaemon
- Pandalus
- Udora
- Yongjiacaris
Infraorder Astacidea[]
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(Bearpaw Shale, Cretaceous)
- Astacopsis
- Astacus
- Austropotamobius
- Cricoidoscelosus
- Homarus
- Hoploparia
- Jagtia
- Metanephrops
- Nephrops
- Nephropsis
- Pacifastacus
- Palaeoechinastacus
- Palaeopalaemon
- Paranephrops
- Procambarus
Infraorder Glypheidea[]
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Eryma mandelslohi (Jurassic)
- Eryma
- Glyphea
- Mecochirus
- Meyeria
Infraorder Thalassinidea[]
Thalassinoides, an ichnofossil produced by a thalassinidean (Israel, Middle Jurassic)
- Axius
- Callianassa
- Callichirus
- Laomedia
- Lepidophthalmus
- Melipal
- Neotrypaea
- Thalassina
- Trypaea
- Upogebia
Infraorder Achelata[]
- Cancrinos
- Jasus
- Justitia
- Linuparus
- Palibacus
- Palinurina
- Palinurus
- Panulirus
- Parribacus
- Scyllarides
- Scyllarus
- Tricarina
Infraorder Polychelida[]
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Infraorder Anomura[]
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Claws of an Eocene hermit crab of the genus Dardanus
- Acanthogalathea
- Albunea
- Birgus
- Calcinus
- Ciliopagurus
- Clibanarius
- Coenobita
- Cretagalathea
- Dardanus
- Diogenes
- Eocarcinus[3]
- Eumunida
- Galathea
- Haumuriaegla
- Mesoparapylocheles
- Munida
- Munidopsis
- Pachycheles
- Paguristes
- Pagurus
- Palaeopagurus
- Paralomis
- Petrochirus
- Petrolisthes
- Pisidia
- Platykotta[3]
- Polyonyx
- Porcellana
- Protaegla
- Shinkaia
Infraorder Brachyura[]
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Harpactocarcinus (Eocene)
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(Late Eocene)
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(Oligocene)
- Acanthocarpus
- Acantholambrus
- Achaeus
- Actaea
- Actaeodes
- Actaeopsis
- Actinotocarcinus
- Actumnus
- Anaglyptus
- Anatolikos
- Arcania
- Archaeogeryon
- Arenaeus
- Ashtoret
- Atelecyclus
- Atergatis
- Austrohelice
- Avitelmessus
- Banareia
- Brachynotus
- Branchioplax
- Calappa
- Calappilia
- Callinectes
- Cancer
- Carcinus
- Cardisoma
- Carpilius
- Chaceon
- Charybdis
- Chlorodiella
- Coeloma
- Componocancer
- Corazzatocarcinus
- Corystes
- Cronius
- Cryptosoma
- Cyclodius
- Cycloes
- Cyclograpsus
- Cycloxanthops
- Demania
- Dorippe
- Drachiella
- Dromia
- Dromidia
- Ebalia
- Eriocheir
- Eriphia
- Ethusa
- Etisus
- Eucrate
- Eumorphocorystes
- Eurycarpus
- Eurytium
- Euxanthus
- Forestia
- Gaillardiellus
- Galene
- Garthiope
- Glebocarcinus
- Glyptoxanthus
- Goneplax
- Goniodromites
- Halimede
- Harpactocarcinus
- Heikeopsis
- Hemigrapsus
- Hepatella
- Hepatus
- Herbstia
- Heteractaea
- Hexapus
- Homola
- Hyas
- Hyastenus
- Hypocolpus
- Icriocarcinus
- Inachus
- Ixa
- Lachnopodus
- Leptodius
- Leptomithrax
- Leucosia
- Liagore
- Libinia
- Libystes
- Liocarcinus
- Liomera
- Lipaesthesius
- Lissocarcinus
- Lobocarcinus
- Loxorhynchus
- Lupocyclus
- Lyreidus
- Macrocheira
- Macromedaeus
- Macrophthalmus
- Maja
- Martinetta
- Medaeops
- Medaeus
- Menippe
- Metacarcinus
- Metopograpsus
- Micropanope
- Mithrax
- Monodaeus
- Mursia
- Mursiopsis
- Myra
- Nanocassiope
- Necora
- Neoliomera
- Notomithrax
- Notopus
- Nucia
- Nursia
- Ocypode
- Oregonia
- Osachila
- Ovalipes
- Oxythyreus
- Ozius
- Pachygrapsus
- Palaeocarpilius
- Palicus
- Panopeus
- Paracleistostoma
- Paractaea
- Paracyclois
- Parathranites
- Paraxanthias
- Persephona
- Phalangites
- Phlyctenodes
- Pilodius
- Pilumnus
- Pinnotheres
- Pirimela
- Planes
- Platypodia
- Portunites
- Portunus
- Potamon
- Potamonautes
- Pseudocarcinus
- Pseudophlyctenodes
- Pugettia
- Pyromaia
- Randallia
- Ranina
- Rathbunella
- Remia
- Retropluma
- Rochinia
- Romaleon
- Schizophrys
- Scylla
- Serenius
- Sesarma
- Speocarcinus
- Stenorhynchus
- Symethis
- Tanzanonautes
- Tehuacana
- Thia
- Trapezia
- Tumidocarcinus
- Tutus
- Uca
- Xanthias
- Xantho
- Xanthodius
- Zosimus
Order Aeschronectida[]
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†Aenigmacaris cornigerum SCHRAM & HORNER 1979 from the Mississippian Heath Formation of Bear Gulch, Montana
- Aenigmacaris
- Aratidecthes
- Crangopsis
- Joanellia
- Kallidecthes
Order Amphipoda[]
- Gammarus
- Praegmelina
Order Angustidontida[]
- Angustidontus
- Schramidontus
Order []
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Nahecaris stuertzi at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
- Ceratiocaris
Order []
- Belotelson
Order Canadaspidida[]
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Canadaspis perfecta (Burgess Shale, Middle Cambrian)
- Branchiocaris
- Canadaspis
- Odaraia
- Perspicaris
Order Cumacea[]
- Nannastacus
- Palaeocuma
Order []
Order []
- Kellibrookia
- Sairocaris
Order Hymenostraca[]
Order Isopoda[]
Isopod inclusion in Baltic amber (Eocene)
- Archaeoniscus
- Cirolana
- Saduria
- Sphaeroma
Order Leptostraca[]
Order Lophogastrida[]
Order Mysidacea[]
- Paramysis
- Siriella
Order []
Phyllocarida incertae sedis[]
Order Stomatopoda[]
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†Tyrannophontes acanthocercus from the Mississippian Heath Formation of Bear Gulch, Montana
- Gonodactylus
- Hemisquilla
- Lysiosquilla
- Pseudosquilla
- Squilla
Order Tanaidacea[]
- Acadiocaris
Order Waterstonellidea[]
See also[]
- List of prehistoric barnacles
- List of prehistoric brittle stars
- List of prehistoric sea cucumbers
- List of crinoid genera
References[]
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (MALACOSTRACA)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
- ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ a b Jérôme Chablais, Rodney M. Feldmann & Carrie E. Schweitzer (2011). "A new Triassic decapod, Platykotta akaina, from the Arabian shelf of the northern United Arab Emirates: earliest occurrence of the Anomura" (PDF). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 85: 93–102. doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0080-y.
Categories:
- Prehistoric Malacostraca
- Lists of prehistoric arthropods