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Archaeopus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Archaeopus Rathbun p. 346
1926Archaeopus Rathbun p. 31
1975Archaeopus Collins and Morris p. 827
2001Archaeopus Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 201
2002Archaeopus Schweitzer et al. p. 15
2002Archaeopus Sepkoski
2003Archaeopus Schweitzer et al. p. 46
2010Archaeopus Hyžný and Muller p. 125
2010Archaeopus Schweitzer et al. p. 99
2017Archaeopus Luque et al. p. 13

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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)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyRetroplumoideaGill 1894
familyRetroplumidaeGill 1894
genusArchaeopus

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. †Archaeopus Rathbun 1908
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Archaeopus antennatus Rathbun 1908
Archaeopus bicornutus Schweitzer et al. 2003
Archaeopus diabolus Schweitzer et al. 2019
Archaeopus ezoensis Nagao 1941
Archaeopus lunicarinus Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001
Archaeopus mexicanus Schweitzer et al. 2002
Archaeopus rathbunae Beurlen 1965
Archaeopus rostratus Schweitzer et al. 2003
Archaeopus schenki Van Straelen 1939
Archaeopus vancouverensis Woodward 1896
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:32:56
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:32:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Ypresian or 93.90000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Maastrichtian100.5 - 66.0USA (Alaska) A. lunicarina (139728)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan A. ezoensis (185008)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (British Columbia) A. rostratus (210549 210554)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (British Columbia) A. rostratus (207373)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan A. ezoensis (185010)
Santonian - Maastrichtian85.7 - 66.0Canada (British Columbia) Plagiolophus vancouverensis (139010 189784)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) A. antennatus (167700)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) A. antennatus (138982 167824)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Mexico (Baja California) A. mexicanus (45697)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Japan A. ezoensis (185019)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Mexico (Baja California) A. mexicanus (133568)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Japan A. ezoensis (185017 185018)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Japan A. ezoensis (185020)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) A. bicornutus (123222)