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Prehepatus

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Prehepatus Rathbun p. 47
1969Prehepatus Glaessner p. R495
1985Prehepatus Bishop
1987Prehepatus Fraaye and Collins p. 549
2002Prehepatus Sepkoski
2006Prehepatus Schweitzer et al. p. 24 figs. Table 1
2009Prehepatus Armstrong et al. p. 753
2010Prehepatus Schweitzer et al. p. 86
2017Prehepatus Luque et al. p. 40
2023Prehepatus Lima et al. p. 2
2023Prehepatus Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 4

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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)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
genusPrehepatus

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. †Prehepatus Bishop 1985
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Prehepatus cretaceus Rathbun 1935
Prehepatus dilksi Roberts 1962
Prehepatus harrisi Bishop 1985
Prehepatus lenolensis Rathbun 1935
Prehepatus mexicanus Schweitzer et al. 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 113.20000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Texas) P. cretaceous (141153)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Xanthias lenolensis (136026)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) P. dilksi, Xanthias lenolensis (235827)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) P. harrisi (184985)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Nuevo Leon) P. harrisi (133558)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (mississippi) P. harrisi (232464)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) P. sp. (207141)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) P. mexicanus (56991 58662 58665)