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Dakoticancer

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dakoticancridae

Taxonomy
Dakoticancer was named by Rathbun (1917) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-l K Maes-l Sepkoski's reference number: 354,961]. Its type is Dakoticancer overana. It is the type genus of Dakoticancroideae, Dakoticancridae.

It was assigned to Dromiacea by Vega et al. (1995); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dakoticancridae by Rathbun (1917), Rathbun (1935), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Feldmann et al. (2017) and Luque et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Dakoticancer Rathbun
1935Dakoticancer Rathbun p. 40
1995Dakoticancer Vega et al.
2002Dakoticancer Sepkoski
2010Dakoticancer Schweitzer et al. p. 57
2017Dakoticancer Feldmann et al. p. 2
2017Dakoticancer Luque et al. p. 42

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Dakoticancroida
superfamilyDakoticancroidea()
familyDakoticancridae
genusDakoticancer

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. †Dakoticancer Rathbun 1917
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†Dakoticancer australis Rathbun 1935
†Dakoticancer overanus Rathbun 1917
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 93.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Mexico (Chiapas) D. australis (133542)
Middle Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8USA (New Jersey) D. overanus (142360)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Dakota) D. overanus (142359)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) D. overana (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) D. australis (142362)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) D. overana (134955)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico (Nuevo Leon) D. australis (133558)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) D. overanus (90228 90229 90230)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico (San Luis Potosi) D. australis (228598 228599 228600)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) D. overanus (140914)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) D. overanus (235354)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) D. overana (134956 234106) D. overanus (235362)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) D. australis (139733)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila) D. australis (233862)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) D. australis (142364)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Mexico (Nuevo Leon) D. australis (228601 228602)