Family Astacidae Latreille 1802 (freshwater crayfish)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Astacidae

Synonym: Potamobiidae Huxley 1879

Parent taxon: Astacoidea according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2016

See also Glaessner 1969, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2024

Sister taxa: Cambaridae, Cambaroididae

Subtaxa: Astacus Astyages Austropotamobius Cambarus Emplastron Pacifastacus

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Type: Astacus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Virginia collection)

• Pliocene of United States (1: Idaho)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Oregon)

• Miocene of United States (2: Oregon)

• Cretaceous of Spain (3)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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