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Pylochelidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pylochelidae

Discussion

No fossil representatives

Taxonomy

Pylochelidae was named by Bate (1888). It is extant. Its type is Pylocheles.

It was assigned to Paguroidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Subtaxa

Liocaris, Mixtopagurinae, Parapylochelinae, Pomatochelinae, Pylochelinae, Scututergites, Stagmacaris, Stagmacaris quenstedti, Trizochelinae

Synonyms

Stagmacaris quenstedti was named by Schweigert (2006). It is not extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by van Bakel et al. (2011).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1888	Pylochelidae Bate
2006	Stagmacaris quenstedti Schweigert
2010	Pylochelidae Schweitzer et al. p. 57
2023	Pylochelidae Schweitzer et al. p. 13

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Multicrustacea	Regier et al. 2010

Rank	Name	Author
class	Malacostraca	()
subclass	Eumalacostraca	Grobben 1892
—	Caridoida	Hessler 1982
order	Decapoda
suborder	Pleocyemata	Burkenroad 1963
—	Reptantia	(Boas)
—	Meiura	Saint Laurent 1980
infraorder	Anomura	Milne-Edwards 1832
superfamily	Paguroidea	Latreille 1802
family	Pylochelidae	Bate 1888
family	Pylochelidae	Bate 1888

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. Pylochelidae Bate 1888

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G. †Liocaris van Straelen 1925

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†Liocaris quadratus Van Straelen 1924

Subfm. Parapylochelinae Forest 1987

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G. †Housacheles Fraaije et al. 2013

G. †Mesoparapylocheles Fraaije et al. 2012

†Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni Fraaije et al. 2012

G. Parapylocheles Alcock 1901

G. †Parapylochelitergites Fraaije et al. 2013

Subfm. Pomatochelinae Stebbing 1914

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G. Pomatocheles Miers 1879

Subfm. Pylochelinae Bate 1888

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G. †Ammopylocheles van Bakel et al. 2008

†Ammopylocheles mclaughlinae van Bakel et al. 2008

G. Pylocheles Milne Edwards 1880

G. †Scututergites Fraaije 2014

G. †Stagmacaris Schweigert 2006

Subfm. Trizochelinae Forest 1987

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G. †Cretatrizocheles Fraaije et al. 2012

†Cretatrizocheles olazagutiensis Fraaije et al. 2012

G. †Jurapylocheles van Bakel et al. 2008

†Jurapylocheles malutka van Bakel et al. 2008

G. †Pretrizocheles Fraaije et al. 2019

G. †Pylochelitergites Fraaije et al. 2012

G. Trizocheles Forest 1987

Trizocheles spinosus Henderson 1888

Invalid names: Mixtopagurinae Forest 1987 [empty], Stagmacaris quenstedti Schweigert 2006 [nomen dubium]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

detritivoresuperf

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2022-08-23 13:25:37

Modified:

2022-08-23 13:25:37

Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class

References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 155.70000 to 99.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 150.8 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Germany	Ammopylocheles mclaughlinae (211294 228046 228047) Ammopylocheles mclaughlinae, Jurapylocheles malutka (126153)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Spain (Navarro)	Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni (223564) Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni, Cretatrizocheles olazagutiensis (125667)