Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae
Parent taxon: Diogenidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Beschin et al. 2016, Beschin et al. 2006, Beschin et al. 2012, Ferratges 2022, Luque et al. 2017, Müller 1984, Rathbun 1918, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd and Collins 2005
Sister taxa: Bachmayerus, Cancellus, Ciliopagurus, Clibanarius, Cretacocalcinus, Dardaninae, Dardanus, Diogenes, Eocalcinus, Eopaguropsis, Joecalcinus, Longipaguristes, Paguristes, Paguropsis, Palaeopetrochirus, Parapaguristes, Parapetrochirus, Paronapaguropsis, Striadiogenes, Strigopagurus, Tetralobistes, Tithopaguristes, Ululapagurus
Subtaxa: Petrochirus bahamensis Petrochirus bouvieri Petrochirus diogenes Petrochirus inequalis Petrochirus mezi Petrochirus minutus Petrochirus poscolensis Petrochirus priscus Petrochirus savii Petrochirus taylori
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Jamaica (3 collections)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Jamaica (1), Panama (4), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Colombia (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (8), Hungary (4), Mexico (3), Panama (3), Poland (1), Spain (1), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of Hungary (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), Italy (8), Mexico (2), Spain (2)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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