Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Pachycheles

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Porcellanidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Pachycheles Stimpson
1862Pisosoma Stimpson
1918Pachycheles Rathbun p. 134
2010Pachycheles Schweitzer et al. p. 51
2017Pachycheles De Angeli and Ceccon p. 18
2017Pachycheles Luque et al. p. 29
2018Pachycheles Beschin et al. p. 146
2023Pachycheles Schweitzer et al. p. 21

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyGalatheoideaSamouelle 1819
familyPorcellanidaeHaworth 1825
genusPachychelesStimpson 1858

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.

G. Pachycheles Stimpson 1858
show all | hide all
Pachycheles cristatus Beschin et al. 2018
Pachycheles dorsosulcatus Beschin et al. 2007
Pachycheles latus Rathbun 1918
Pachycheles multituberculatus Beschin et al. 2018
Pachycheles riisei Stimpson 1859
Pachycheles semiornatus Beschin et al. 2018
Pachycheles stevensii Stimpson 1858
Invalid names: Pisosoma Stimpson 1862 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:24:06
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:24:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy P. dorsosulcatus (140158 226528)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy P. cristatus, P. multituberculatus, P. semiornatus (207550)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica P. stevensii (124270)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Costa Rica P. latus (135452)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Califormia) P. rudis (146589)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virgin Islands) Pisosoma riisei (146588)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) P. rudis (146590 146591)