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Pirimelinae
Taxonomy
Pirimelidae was named by Alcock (1899). It is extant. Its type is Pirimela.
It was reranked as the subfamily Pirimelinae by Schweitzer et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Portunoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010); and to Carcinidae by Schweitzer et al. (2021).
It was reranked as the subfamily Pirimelinae by Schweitzer et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Portunoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010); and to Carcinidae by Schweitzer et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1899 | Pirimelidae Alcock |
| 2010 | Pirimelidae Schweitzer et al. p. 108 |
| 2021 | Pirimelinae Schweitzer et al. p. 5 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Badenian to the top of the Piacenzian or 13.82000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.8 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Badenian | Hungary | Carcinus lorentheyi (138812) Trachypirimela grippi (207750) Trachypirimela radula (126553 140154) | |
| Piacenzian | Belgium | Pliopirimela deconincki (221310) |