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Eurycarpus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae

Taxonomy
Eurycarpus was named by Schlüter (1868) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sn]. Its type is Eurycarpus nanodactylus.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002) and Schweitzer et al. (2010); and to Palinuridae by Glaessner (1969) and Schweitzer et al. (2015).

Species
E. nanodactylus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Eurycarpus Schlüter p. 300
1969Eurycarpus Glaessner p. R473
2002Eurycarpus Sepkoski
2010Eurycarpus Schweitzer et al. p. 145
2015Eurycarpus Schweitzer et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAchelataScholtz and Richter 1995
familyPalinuridaeLatreille 1802
genusEurycarpus

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. †Eurycarpus Schlüter 1868
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Eurycarpus nanodactylus Schlüter 1868
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 15:48:15
Modified: 2022-11-16 15:48:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany E. nanodactylus (213198 221711)