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Archaeocarabus bowerbanki

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae

Taxonomy
Archaeocarabus bowerbanki was named by M'Coy (1849). It is the type species of Archaeocarabus.

Entered
by C. Schweitzer on 2012-02-04; modified by M. Uhen on 2020-01-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Archaeocarabus bowerbanki M'Coy p. 174
1849Archaeocarabus bowerbanki McCoy
1858Archaeocarabus bowerbankii Bell p. 42 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-5
2010Archaeocarabus bowerbanki Schweitzer et al. p. 45
2015Archaeocarabus bowerbanki Schweitzer et al. p. 2 figs. 2a-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAchelataScholtz and Richter 1995
familyPalinuridaeLatreille 1802
genusArchaeocarabus
speciesbowerbanki

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 15:48:15
Modified: 2025-08-22 17:23:23
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (Kent) Archaeocarabus bowerbanki (147826 165976)