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Palaeopentacheles
Taxonomy
Palaeopentacheles was named by Von Knebel (1907) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-l Sepkoski's reference number: 75]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Palaeopentachelidae.
It was assigned to Polychelidae by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palaeopentachelidae by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Feldmann et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Polychelidae by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palaeopentachelidae by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Feldmann et al. (2013).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1907 | Palaeopentacheles Von Knebel |
| 2001 | Palaeopentacheles Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 190 |
| 2002 | Palaeopentacheles Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Palaeopentacheles Schweitzer et al. p. 44 |
| 2013 | Palaeopentacheles Feldmann 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.
G. †Palaeopentacheles Von Knebel 1907
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†Palaeopentacheles roettenbacheri Munster 1839
†Palaeopentacheles starri Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 155.70000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | P. roettenbacheri (154138) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | P. roettenbacheri (105541) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Washington) | P. starri (139726) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Washington) | P. starri (205036) |