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Potamon

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Potamidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Potamon Savigny
1819Thelphusa Latreille
1837Thelpheusa Milne-Edwards
1851Telphusa Dana p. 130
2010Potamon Schweitzer et al. p. 138
2020Potamon Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
superfamilyPotamoideaOrtmann 1896
familyPotamidaeOrtmann 1896
subfamilyPotaminaeOrtmann 1896
genusPotamonSavigny 1816

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. Potamon Savigny 1816
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†Potamon antiquum Szombathy 1916
†Potamon castellinense Szombathy 1916
†Potamon hegauense Klaus and Gross 2010
†Potamon hungaricum Kőrössy 1940
†Potamon ibericum Bachmayer and Pretzmann 1971
Potamon potamios Olivier 1804
†Potamon proavitum Glaessner 1928
†Potamon quenstedti Zittel 1885
†Potamon sivalense Glaessner 1933
†Potamon speciosus Von Meyer 1844
Invalid names: Thelphusa Latreille 1819 [synonym]
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 16:18:24
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:18:24
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.65 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. quenstedti (224550 224551)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Austria (Carinthia) P. sp. (224553)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (Bavaria) P. quenstedti (224552)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) P. sp. (175727)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Bosnia and Herzegovina P. sp. (211309)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Turkey P. sp. (224564)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) P. speciosus (68062)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria P. proavitum (175587 224554)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. speciosus (122866 122867)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovakia P. hungaricum (224556)
Pannonian11.608 - 7.246Slovakia P. hegauense (224557)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Kayseri) P. sp. (184393)
Vallesian - Turolian11.608 - 5.333Turkey P. sp. (224565)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria (Niederösterreich) P. hegauense (66943)
MN 9 - MN 1011.1 - 8.7Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) P. hegauense (22681)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Austria P. hegauense (66945)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Niederoesterreich) P. hegauense (32649)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) P. castellinense (224559)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Hungary P. antiquum (224561)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588India P. sp. (224558)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Israel (Jordan Valley) P. potamios (197939)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Slovakia P. antiquum (224562)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel P. potamios (42865)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Hungary P. antiquum (224560 224563)