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Pseudonecrocarcinus quadriscissus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paranecrocarcinidae

Taxonomy
Necrocarcinus quadriscissus was named by Noetling (1881). It is not extant. Its type locality is Valkenburg aan de Geul, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands. It is the type species of Pseudonecrocarcinus.

It was recombined as Paranecrocarcinus (Pseudonecrocarcinus) quadriscissus by Collins et al. (1995); it was recombined as Paranecrocarcinus quadriscissus by Jagt et al. (2010); it was recombined as Pseudonecrocarcinus quadriscissus by Schweitzer et al. (2010), van Bakel et al. (2012), Karasawa et al. (2014), Schweitzer et al. (2016) and Schweitzer et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Necrocarcinus quadriscissus Noetling
1995Paranecrocarcinus (Pseudonecrocarcinus) quadriscissus Collins et al. p. 195 figs. 10F-H, 11A,B
2010Paranecrocarcinus quadriscissus Jagt et al. p. 182
2010Pseudonecrocarcinus quadriscissus Schweitzer et al. p. 81
2012Pseudonecrocarcinus quadriscissus van Bakel et al. p. 60
2014Pseudonecrocarcinus quadriscissus Karasawa et al. p. 235
2016Pseudonecrocarcinus quadriscissus Schweitzer et al. p. 362 fig. 12C,D
2018Pseudonecrocarcinus quadriscissus Schweitzer et al. p. 12 fig. 7.3a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
PodotremataGuinot 1977
Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyNecrocarcinoideaFörster 1968
familyParanecrocarcinidae()
genusPseudonecrocarcinusForster 1968
speciesquadriscissus(Noetling 1881)

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: semi-infaunaluc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Paranecrocarcinus quadriscissus (234630)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Necrocarcinus quadriscissus (62496)