Neocallichirus scotti Brown and Pilsbry 1913

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Alternative combination: Callianassa scotti

Invalid subtaxa: Callianassa crassa Rathbun 1918 [replaced name], Callianassa crassimana Rathbun 1918, Callianassa miocenica Rathbun 1919, Callianassa rathbunae Glaessner 1929, Callianassa vaughani Rathbun 1918

Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1913. Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama: II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 64:500-519

Belongs to Neocallichirus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Brown and Pilsbry 1913, Rathbun 1918, Rathbun 1919, Rathbun 1935 and Todd and Collins 2005

Sister taxa: Neocallichirus aetodes, Neocallichirus agadirensis, Neocallichirus allegranzii, Neocallichirus angelikae, Neocallichirus bacatus, Neocallichirus bona, Neocallichirus borensis, Neocallichirus dijki, Neocallichirus fortisi, Neocallichirus hattai, Neocallichirus horneri, Neocallichirus manningi, Neocallichirus matsoni, Neocallichirus nishikawai, Neocallichirus okamotoi, Neocallichirus peraensis, Neocallichirus porterensis, Neocallichirus quisquellanus, Neocallichirus rhinos, Neocallichirus rodfeldmanni, Neocallichirus sakiae, Neocallichirus vaughani, Neocallichirus wellsi

Type specimens:

  • Neocallichirus scotti: Its type locality is Las Cascadas section, Gaillard cut, Tower N, which is in an Aquitanian marine siliciclastic in the Culebra Formation of Panama
  • Callianassa crassa: USNM 324276.
  • Callianassa crassimana: USNM 324173, a claw. Its type locality is USGS 6020a, Canal Zone, which is in an Aquitanian marine shale/mudstone in the Culebra Formation of Panama.
  • Callianassa miocenica: ANSP 2264, a claw. Its type locality is Lower half of Yaqui del Norte River valley, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Dominican Republic.
  • Callianassa rathbunae:
  • Callianassa vaughani: USNM 324285. Its type locality is USGS 6030, Camp Cotton, which is in a Tortonian marine sandstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama.

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)

• Miocene of Panama (11)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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