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Medaeus
Taxonomy
Medaeus was named by Dana (1851) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Xanthinae by Dana (1851); to Cancerides by Martin (1879); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Xanthidae by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Euxanthinae by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Xanthinae by Dana (1851); to Cancerides by Martin (1879); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Xanthidae by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Euxanthinae by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2021).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1851 | Medaeus Dana p. 125 |
| 1879 | Medaeus Martin p. 127 |
| 2002 | Medaeus Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Medaeus Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 50 |
| 2010 | Medaeus Schweitzer et al. p. 126 |
| 2021 | Medaeus Schweitzer et al. p. 19 |
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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.
G. Medaeus Dana 1851
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†Medaeus granulatus Martin 1880
†Medaeus granulosus Martin 1879
†Medaeus mbalavuensis Rathbun 1945
†Medaeus variabilis Rathbun 1945
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene | Fiji | M. mbalavuensis (136573) | |
| Middle Miocene | Fiji | M. mbalavuensis (68330) | |
| Badenian | Moldova | M. moldavica (78643 78648) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | M. granulosus (70099) | |
| Pliocene | Fiji | M. mbalavuensis (68180 136139) M. mbalavuensis, M. variabilis (136142) M. nbalavuensis, M. variabilis (68181) |