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Potamonautidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Potamonautidae

Taxonomy
Potamonautidae was named by Bott (1970). It is extant. Its type is Potamonautes.

It was assigned to Potamoidea by Feldmann et al. (2007), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Potamonautidae Bott
2007Potamonautidae Feldmann et al. p. 78
2010Potamonautidae Schweitzer et al. p. 138
2020Potamonautidae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
familyPotamonautidaeBott 1970
familyPotamonautidaeBott 1970

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.

Fm. Potamonautidae Bott 1970
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Subfm. Potamonautinae Bott 1970
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G. Potamonautes MacLeay 1838
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Potamonautes niloticus Milne-Edwards 1837
†Potamonautes tugenensis Morris 1976
G. †Tanzanonautes Feldmann 2007
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†Tanzanonautes tuerkayi Feldmann et al. 2007
Invalid names: Hydrothelphusinae Bott 1955 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2023-11-13 00:50:28
Modified: 2023-11-13 00:50:28
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Artal and Castillo 2005

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Zanclean or 27.30000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Tanzania (Mbeya) Tanzanonautes tuerkayi (240420)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Tanzania (Mbeya) Tanzanonautes tuerkai (190951)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda Potamonautes niloticus (22390)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kenya Potamonautes tugenensis (224389)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya Potamonautidae indet. (22241)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Potamonautidae indet. (22242)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya Potamonautidae indet. (22235)