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Palaeopinnixa

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) Via p. 2
1976Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) Collins and Morris p. 126
1992Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen p. 40
2000Palaeopinnixa Schweitzer et al. p. 56
2001Palaeopinnixa Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 336
2002Palaeopinnixa Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 961
2005Palaeopinnixa Schweitzer p. 289
2006Palaeopinnixa Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 58
2010Palaeopinnixa De Angeli et al. p. 64
2010Palaeopinnixa Schweitzer et al. p. 136
2017Palaeopinnixa Luque et al. p. 24
2022Palaeopinnixa Schweitzer et al. p. 17

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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
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyHexapodoideaMiers 1886
familyHexapodidaeMiers 1886
genusPalaeopinnixa()

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. †Palaeopinnixa Via 1966
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Palaeopinnixa alontensis De Angeli et al. 2010
Palaeopinnixa eocenica Woods 1922
Palaeopinnixa granulosa Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002
Palaeopinnixa heckeri Birshtein 1956
Palaeopinnixa intermedia Collins and Morris 1976
Palaeopinnixa perornata Collins and Morris 1976
Palaeopinnixa prima Rathbun 1918
Palaeopinnixa rathbunae Schweitzer et al. 2000
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Invalid names: Pinnixa eocenica Rathbun 1926 [replaced]
Palaeopinnixa rocaensis Feldmann et al. 1995
Palaeopinnixa rotunda Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001
Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) nodosa Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Serravallian or 66.00000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) Thaumastoplax rocaensis (5162)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Pinnixa nodosa (22943)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Oregon) P. rathbunae (237931 237932 237933 237934 237936)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71Barbados Pinnixa perornata (185880)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) P. eocenica (138984)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Monte Bolca, Verona) P. alontensis (127283)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) P. granulosa (200664)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Washington) P. rathbunae (202157)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Oregon) P. rotundus (202318)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy P. alontensis (226744) P. sp. (134950)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Mexico (Chiapas) P. perornata (133885)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela (Lara) P. perornata (46384)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Colombia (Atlantico) P. perornata (228494)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) P. perornata (228725)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Thaumastoplax intermedia (171482)