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Aegeridae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aegeridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Aegeridae Burkenroad
2009Aegeridae De Grave et al. p. 14
2010Aegeridae Schweitzer et al. p. 8
2014Aegeridae Schweitzer et al. p. 458
2023Aegeridae Schweitzer et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderDendrobranchiataBate 1888
superfamilyPenaeoideaRafinesque 1815
familyAegeridaeBurkenroad 1963
familyAegeridaeBurkenroad 1963

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Aegeridae Burkenroad 1963
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G. †Acanthochirana Strand 1928
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Acanthochirana cenomanica Glaessner 1945
Acanthochirana cordata Munster 1839
Acanthochirana krausei Forster 1967
Acanthochirana norica Pinna 1974
Acanthochirana smithwoodwardi Van Straelen 1940
Acanthochirana spinifera Schweitzer et al. 2014
Acanthochirana triassica Garassino et al. 2014
Invalid names: Acanthochirus Oppel 1862 [replaced]
G. †Aeger Munster 1839
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Aeger brevirostris Van Straelen 1923
Aeger brodiei Woodward 1888
Aeger elegans Munster 1839
Aeger elongatus Garassino and Teruzzi 1990
Aeger foersteri Garassino and Teruzzi 1990
Aeger franconicus Forster 1980
Aeger gracilis Förster and Crane 1984
Aeger hidalguensis Feldmann et al. 2007
Aeger insignis Opel 1962
Aeger laevis Blake 1876
Aeger lehmanni Langenhan 1910
Aeger libanensis Roger 1946
Aeger luxii Huang et al. 2013
Aeger macropus Garassino and Teruzzi 1990
Aeger marderi Woodward 1866
Aeger muensteri Garassino and Teruzzi 1990
Aeger robustus Garassino and Teruzzi 1990
Aeger rostrospinatus Garassino and Teruzzi 1990
Aeger spinipes Desmarest 1822
Aeger straeleni Glaessner 1929
Aeger tipularius Schlotheim 1822
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Invalid names: Aeger armatus Oppel 1862 [synonym]
Invalid names: Proaeger Langenhan 1910 [synonym]
G. †Anisaeger Schweitzer et al. 2014
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Anisaeger atavus Bill 1914
Anisaeger brevirostrus Schweitzer et al. 2014
Anisaeger crassipes Bronn 1858
Anisaeger longirostrus Smith et al. 2022
G. †Distaeger Schweitzer et al. 2014
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Distaeger prodigiosus Schweitzer et al. 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 15:31:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 15:31:45
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Cenomanian or 251.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2USA (Idaho) Aeger sp. (202191) Caridea indet., Penaeoidea indet. (202145)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2China (Guizhou) Aegeridae indet., Anisaeger sp. (229436)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France Penaeus atavus (154038)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France (Bas-Rhin) Penaeus atavus (206545)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Germany Proaeger lehmanni (225983)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China (Yunnan) Aeger luxii (148408) Anisaeger brevirostrus, Anisaeger spiniferus, Distaeger prodigiosus (127488)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Aeger crassipes (226195) Aeger crassipes, Aeger straeleni (122360)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Austria Antrimpos crassipes, Aeger straeleni (118111)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Italy Antrimpos noricus (155686) Antrimpos noricus, Acanthochirana triassica (117192 155683)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Italy (Lombardia) Aeger sp., Antrimpos noricus (59639)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Aeger sp. (120897)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Aeger brodiei (226137)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Aeger brodiei (115460)
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.3 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Aeger marderi (139751)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) Aeger laevis (122153)
Bucklandi196.5 - 189.6Italy Aeger elongatus, Aeger macropus, Aeger muensteri, Aeger robustus, Aeger rostrospinatus, Aeger sp. (90673)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Eryma laevis (226136)
Opalinum175.6 - 171.6Switzerland Aeger sp. (138776)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Aeger brevirostris (58221)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bavaria) Aeger tiplarius, Aeger elegans (132944)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Acanthochirana sp., Aeger tipularius (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Acanthochirana cordata, Aeger spinipes, Aeger tipularius (228758)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Midi-Pyrenees) Aeger sp. (94549)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Aeger insignis, Acanthochirana cordata, Aeger spinipes, Aeger tipularius (152603)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Mexico (Hidalgo) Aeger hidalguensis (135815)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Acanthochirana smithwoodwardi (69119) Acanthochirus cenomanicus (221158) Aeger libanensis, Acanthochirana smithwoodwardi (60311)