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Prehepatus
Taxonomy
Prehepatus was named by Bishop (1985). Its type is Prehepatus harrisi.
It was assigned to Calappidae by Rathbun (1935); to Matutinae by Glaessner (1969), Fraaye and Collins (1987); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Hepatidae by Schweitzer et al. (2006); to Dromioidea by Luque et al. (2017); to Aethridae by Armstrong et al. (2009), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Lima et al. (2023); and to Brachyura by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2023).
It was assigned to Calappidae by Rathbun (1935); to Matutinae by Glaessner (1969), Fraaye and Collins (1987); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Hepatidae by Schweitzer et al. (2006); to Dromioidea by Luque et al. (2017); to Aethridae by Armstrong et al. (2009), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Lima et al. (2023); and to Brachyura by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Prehepatus Rathbun p. 47 |
| 1969 | Prehepatus Glaessner p. R495 |
| 1985 | Prehepatus Bishop |
| 1987 | Prehepatus Fraaye and Collins p. 549 |
| 2002 | Prehepatus Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Prehepatus Schweitzer et al. p. 24 figs. Table 1 |
| 2009 | Prehepatus Armstrong et al. p. 753 |
| 2010 | Prehepatus Schweitzer et al. p. 86 |
| 2017 | Prehepatus Luque et al. p. 40 |
| 2023 | Prehepatus Lima et al. p. 2 |
| 2023 | Prehepatus Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 4 |
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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. †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
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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 |
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| Albian | USA (Texas) | P. cretaceous (141153) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | Xanthias lenolensis (136026) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Delaware) | P. dilksi, Xanthias lenolensis (235827) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Mississippi) | P. harrisi (184985) | |
| Maastrichtian | Mexico (Nuevo Leon) | P. harrisi (133558) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (mississippi) | P. harrisi (232464) | |
| Danian | USA (Texas) | P. sp. (207141) | |
| Middle Eocene | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | P. mexicanus (56991 58662 58665) |