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Xanthosia

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Etyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Xanthosia Bell
1935Xanthosia Rathbun p. 41
1999Xanthosia Schweitzer Hopkins et al. p. 79
2001Xanthosia Guinot and Tavares
2002Xanthosia Collins p. 84
2002Xanthosia Sepkoski
2010Xanthosia Schweitzer et al.
2017Xanthosia Luque et al. p. 47
2017Xanthosia Schweitzer et al. p. 6

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Etyoida
superfamilyEtyoideaGuinot and Tavares 2001
familyEtyidaeGuinot and Tavares 2001
genusXanthosia

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. †Xanthosia Bell 1863
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Xanthosia americana Rathbun 1930
Xanthosia arcuata Secretan 1964
Xanthosia buchii Reuss 1845
Xanthosia buteonis Wright and Collins 1972
Xanthosia danielae Collins and Breton 2009
Xanthosia delicata Fraaye 1996
Xanthosia elegans Roberts 1962
Xanthosia fischeri Milne-Edwards 1862
Xanthosia fossa Wright and Collins 1972
Xanthosia gibbosa Bell 1863
Xanthosia gracilis Jakobsen and Collins 1997
Xanthosia granulosa McCoy 1854
Xanthosia occidentalis Bishop 1991
Xanthosia robertsi Secrétan 1982
Xanthosia sakoi Karasawa et al. 2008
Xanthosia semiornata Jagt et al. 1991
Xanthosia similis Bell 1863
Xanthosia socialis van Bakel et al. 2005
Xanthosia spinosa Bishop 1991
Xanthosia wintoni Rathbun 1935
Xanthosia zoquiapensis Fraaije 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: 2022-11-16 16:17:13
Modified: 2025-10-01 19:08:08
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Oligocene or 125.77000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Japan X. sakoi (226205)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) X. wintoni (52126)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Spain (Basque) X. similis (235777)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) X. fossa (153947)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Les Ormeaux quarry) X. danielae (235326)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Guerrero) X. zoquiapensis (126150)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) X. socialis (126559)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) X. elegans (235827)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) X. spinosa (235369)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) X. elegans (57916)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands X. delicata (126168) X. gibbosa, X. semiornata (126552)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark X. gracilis (146257)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04Mexico (Baja California) X. americana (133562)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Mexico X. americana (135785)