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Oniscidea

Malacostraca - Isopoda

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Oniscidea Latreille p. 42
1854Oniscus convexus Koch and Berendt p. 9 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1854Porcellio notatus Koch and Berendt p. 10 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
1854Porcellio cyclocephalus Menge p. 10
1854Porcellio granulatus Menge p. 10
2017Oniscidea Broly et al. p. 1038

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
—Mancoida
orderIsopodaLatreille 1817
suborderOniscidea
suborderOniscidea

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.

Subor. Oniscidea Latreille 1802
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Fm. Armadilliidae Brandt 1833
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G. Venezillo Verhoef 1928
Unr. Crinocheta Legrand 1946
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Fm. Armadillidiidae Brandt 1833
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G. Armadillidium Brandt 1833
G. †Eoarmadillidium Dollfus 1904
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G. †Balticoniscus Kästle and Ludwig 2025
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†Balticoniscus walterludwigi Kästle and Ludwig 2025
Fm. Detonidae Budde-Lund 1906
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G. Armadilloniscus Uljanin 1875
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G. †Heraclitus Sánchez-García et al. 2021
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†Heraclitus helenae Sánchez-García et al. 2021
Fm. Olibrinidae Budde-Lund 1913
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G. †Palaeolibrinus Broly 2018
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Fm. Pseudarmadillidae Vandel 1973
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G. Pseudarmadillo Saussure 1857
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†Pseudarmadillo cristatus Schmalfuss 1984
†Pseudarmadillo tuberculatus Schmalfuss 1984
Fm. Scleropactidae Verhoeff 1938
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Fm. Stenoniscidae Verhoeff 1908
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G. †Archeostenoniscus Broly 2018
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Fm. Ligiidae Brandt 1833
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G. †Eoligiiscus Sánchez-García et al. 2021
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†Eoligiiscus tarraconensis Sánchez-García et al. 2021
Fm. Philosciidae Kinahan 1857
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G. †Aquitanoscia Broly et al. 2017
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†Aquitanoscia chiapasensis Broly et al. 2017
†Aquitanoscia maternus Broly et al. 2017
G. Philoscia Latreille 1804
Fm. Platyarthridae Verhoeff 1949
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G. Trichorhina Budde-Lund 1908
Superfm. Porcellionoidea Verhoeff 1918
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Fm. Eubelidae Budde-Lund 1899
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G. Eubelum Budde-Lund 1885
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†Eubelum rusingaense Morris 1979
Fm. Sphaeroniscidae Vandel 1964
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G. †Protosphaeroniscus Schmalfuss 1980
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†Protosphaeroniscus tertiarius Schmalfuss 1980
Unr. Synocheta Legrand 1946
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Fm. Styloniscidae Vandel 1952
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Subfm. Styloniscinae Vandel 1952
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G. †Myanmariscus Broly et al. 2015
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†Myanmariscus deboiseae Broly et al. 2015
Fm. Trichoniscidae Sars 1899
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G. †Autrigoniscus Sánchez-García et al. 2021
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†Autrigoniscus resinicola Sánchez-García et al. 2021
Fm. Tylidae Dana 1852
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G. †Palaeoarmadillo Poinar 2020
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Invalid names: Armadillidae Brandt 1831 [empty], Oniscus convexus Koch and Berendt 1854 [nomen dubium], Porcellio cyclocephalus Menge 1854 [nomen dubium], Porcellio granulatus Menge 1854 [nomen dubium], Porcellio notatus Koch and Berendt 1854 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 106.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Álava) Oniscidea indet., Ligiidae indet. morphotype I, Ligiidae indet. morphotype II, Eoligiiscus tarraconensis, Autrigoniscus resinicola, Heraclitus helenae (108769)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Myanmariscus deboiseae (123054) Tylidae indet. (212006)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Palaeoarmadillo microsoma (104053)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Oniscus convexus, Porcellio notatus (109625) Porcellio granulatus, Porcellio cyclocephalus (120811)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Balticoniscus walterludwigi (123926)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Hungary Armadillidium sp. (184477)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98France Eoarmadillidium granulatum (230873)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Aquitanoscia chiapasensis, Aquitanoscia maternus, Palaeospherarmadillo mazanticus, Palaeospherarmadillo rotundus (150408) Palaeolibrinus spinicornis, Armadilloniscus miocaenicus, Archeostenoniscus robustus, Archeostenoniscus mexicanus (220432)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Eubelum rusingaense (184478)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Pseudarmadillo cristatus, Pseudarmadillo tuberculatus, Protosphaeroniscus tertiarius, Philosciidae indet., Trichorhina sp. (122474)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Pseudarmadillo sp., Venezillo boonae, Philoscia spp. (224573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Armadillidae indet. (93326)