Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Synonym: Proterocarcinus Feldmann et al. 1995
Parent taxon: Polybiinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Casadio et al. 2004, Feldmann et al. 1995, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bathynectes, Benthochascon, Bericocarcinus, Boschettia, Brusinia, Coeloma, Faksecarcinus, Falsiportunites, Leiocarcinus, Liocarcinus, Lovaroides, Macropipus, Maeandricampus, Megokkos, Minohellenus, Necora, Olicarcinus, Ophthalmoplax, Parathranites, Polybius, Pororaria, Portufuria, Portunites, Nectocarcinus, Echinolatus, Coenophthalmus, Raymannius
Subtaxa: Archaeogeryon corsolini Archaeogeryon fuegianus Archaeogeryon latus Archaeogeryon lophos Archaeogeryon lophosdup Archaeogeryon navidad Proterocarcinus corsolini Proterocarcinus latus Proterocarcinus navidad
Type: Archaeogeryon fuegianus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (7 collections), Chile (7)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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