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Necrocarcinoidea

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Necrocarcinoidea Förster
2014Necrocarcinoidea Karasawa et al. p. 229
2016Necrocarcinoidea Schweitzer et al. p. 12
2016Necrocarcinoidea Schweitzer et al. p. 345
2017Necrocarcinoidea Luque et al. p. 8
2018Necrocarcinoidea Schweitzer et al. p. 1

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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()
—PodotremataGuinot 1977
—Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyNecrocarcinoideaFörster 1968
superfamilyNecrocarcinoideaFörster 1968

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.

Superfm. †Necrocarcinoidea Förster 1968
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G. †Araripecarcinus Martins-Neto 1987
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†Araripecarcinus ferreirae Martins-Neto 1987
Fm. †Camarocarcinidae Feldmann et al. 2007
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G. †Camarocarcinus Holland and Cvancara 1958
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†Camarocarcinus arnesoni Holland and Cvancara 1958
†Camarocarcinus obtusus Jakobsen and Collins 1979
†Camarocarcinus quinquetuberculatus Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992
G. †Cretacocarcinus Feldmann et al. 2007
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†Cretacocarcinus fortis García-Penas et al. 2023
†Cretacocarcinus smithi Feldmann et al. 2007
Fm. †Cenomanocarcinidae Guinot et al. 2008
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G. †Campylostoma Bell 1858
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†Campylostoma bispinosa Segerberg 1900
†Campylostoma multituberculatus Joleaud and Hsu 1935
G. †Cenomanocarcinus van Straelen 1936
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†Cenomanocarcinus armatus Rathbun 1935
†Cenomanocarcinus beardi Schweitzer et al. 2003
†Cenomanocarcinus boedekeri Ossó et al. 2015
†Cenomanocarcinus cantabricus van Bakel et al. 2012
†Cenomanocarcinus carabus Bishop 1988
†Cenomanocarcinus cookseyi Ossó et al. 2015
†Cenomanocarcinus inflatus van Straelen 1936
†Cenomanocarcinus multituberculatus Joleaud and Hsu 1935
†Cenomanocarcinus nammourensis Beschin and de Angeli 2013
†Cenomanocarcinus renfroae Stenzel 1945
†Cenomanocarcinus robertsi Feldmann et al. 2013
†Cenomanocarcinus siouxensis Feldmann et al. 1976
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Invalid names: Ophthalmoplax spinosus Feldmann et al. 1999 [synonym]
Invalid names: Sagittiformosus Bishop 1988 [synonym]
G. †Corazzatocarcinus Larghi 2004
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G. †Hasaracancer Jux 1971
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†Hasaracancer merijaensis Vega et al. 2011
Fm. †Necrocarcinidae Forster 1968
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G. †Arcticocarcinus Schweitzer et al. 2016
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†Arcticocarcinus insignis Segerberg 1900
G. †Elektrocarcinus Schweitzer et al. 2016
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†Elektrocarcinus davisi Bishop 1985
†Elektrocarcinus olsonorum Bishop and Williams 1991
†Elektrocarcinus texensis Rathbun 1935
G. †Hadrocarcinus Schweitzer et al. 2012
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†Hadrocarcinus carinatus Feldmann et al. 1993
†Hadrocarcinus tectilacus Schweitzer et al. 2012
†Hadrocarcinus wrighti Feldmann et al. 1993
G. †Necrocarcinus Bell 1863
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†Necrocarcinus bodrakensis Levitski 1974
†Necrocarcinus gorbenkoi Mychko et al. 2023
†Necrocarcinus hodgesi Bishop 1983
†Necrocarcinus inornatus Breton and Collins 2010
†Necrocarcinus labeschii Eudes-Deslongchamps 1835
†Necrocarcinus mariae Ósso et al. 2023
†Necrocarcinus minutus Milne-Edwards 1886
†Necrocarcinus pawpawensis Rathbun 1935
†Necrocarcinus pierrensis Rathbun 1917
†Necrocarcinus rathbunae Roberts 1962
†Necrocarcinus senonensis Schlüter 1868
†Necrocarcinus sibiricus Kočová Veselská et al. 2024
†Necrocarcinus tauricus Ilyin and Alekseev 1998
†Necrocarcinus undecimtuberculatus Takeda and Fujiyama 1983
Fm. †Orithopsidae Schweitzer et al. 2003
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G. †Aetocarcinus Schweitzer et al. 2016
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†Aetocarcinus muricatus Schweitzer et al. 2016
†Aetocarcinus roddai Bishop 1983
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Invalid names: Pseudonecrocarcinus stenzeli Bishop 1983 [synonym]
Invalid names: Juglocarcinus Collins et al. 2017 [synonym]
G. †Anoplocarcinus Schweitzer et al. 2019
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†Anoplocarcinus hudspethi Schweitzer et al. 2019
G. †Bellcarcinus Luque 2014
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†Bellcarcinus aptiensis Luque 2014
G. †Cherpiocarcinus Marangon and De Angeli 1977
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†Cherpiocarcinus rostratus Marangon and De Angeli 1997
G. †Chronocancer Santana et al. 2022
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†Chronocancer camilosantanai Santana et al. 2022
G. †Colombicarcinus Karasawa et al. 2014
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†Colombicarcinus laevis Karasawa et al. 2014
G. †Cristella Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992
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†Cristella hastata Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992
G. †Marycarcinus Schweitzer et al. 2003
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†Marycarcinus hanna Rathbun 1926
†Marycarcinus hannae Rathbun 1926
G. †Orithopsis Carter 1872
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†Orithopsis angelicus Fraaije 2002
†Orithopsis bonneyi Carter 1872
†Orithopsis isericus Fric and Kafka 1887
†Orithopsis siouxensis Feldmann et al. 1976
G. †Paradoxicarcinus Schweitzer et al. 2003
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†Paradoxicarcinus nimonoides Schweitzer et al. 2003
G. †Paradoxilissopsa Schweitzer et al. 2011
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†Paradoxilissopsa transiens Fric and Kafka 1887
Invalid names: Lissopsis [replaced]
G. †Planocarcinus Luque et al. 2012
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†Planocarcinus johnjagti Bermúdez et al. 2013
†Planocarcinus olssoni Rathbun 1937
G. †Shazella Collins and Williams 2004
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†Shazella abbotsensis Collins and Williams 2004
G. †Silvacarcinus Collins and Smith 1993
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†Silvacarcinus cisuralicus Mychko et al. 2024
†Silvacarcinus laurae Collins and Smith 1993
G. †Texicancer Franţescu et al. 2016
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†Texicancer renfroae Stenzel 1945
Fm. †Paranecrocarcinidae Fraaije et al. 2008
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G. †Paranecrocarcinus van Straelen 1936
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Subg. †Paranecrocarcinus (Paranecrocarcinus) van Straelen 1936
†Paranecrocarcinus balla van Bakel et al. 2012
†Paranecrocarcinus hexagonalis van Straelen 1936
†Paranecrocarcinus xivertensis Ossó et al. 2024
G. †Pseudonecrocarcinus Forster 1968
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†Pseudonecrocarcinus biscissus Wright and Collins 1972
†Pseudonecrocarcinus digitatus Wright and Collins 1972
†Pseudonecrocarcinus eichhorni Nyborg et al. 2021
†Pseudonecrocarcinus foersteri Wright and Collins 1972
†Pseudonecrocarcinus gamma Roberts 1962
†Pseudonecrocarcinus pusillus Breton and Collins 2010
G. †Thelecarcinus Böhm 1891
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†Thelecarcinus guembeli Böhm 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunaluc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Ypresian or 132.60000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (133 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France (Yonne) Paranecrocarcinus hexagonalis (139705)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Brazil (Pernambuco) Araripecarcinus ferreirai (235323)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain Paranecrocarcinus sp., Pseudonecrocarcinus sp., Necrocarcinus mariae (235335)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Brazil (Pernambuco) Chronocancer camilosantanai (232215)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Colombia (Santander) Bellcarcinus aptiensis (228510) Colombicarcinus laevis (228517)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Iwata) Necrocarcinus undecintuberculatus (146565)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Colombia (Boyaca) Planocarcinus johnjagti (228495)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain Necrocarcinus mariae, Paranecrocarcinus xivertensis (236856)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (Texas) Prehepatus pawpawensis (141171)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) Prehepatus hodgesi (235834) Prehepatus hodgesi, Diaulax roddai, Pseudonecrocarcinus stenzeli (235833)
Albian113.2 - 100.5United Kingdom (Kent) Orithopsis tricarinata (234127)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Texas) Necrocarcinus texensis (141130)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9USA (Oklahoma) Cenomanocarcinus oklahomensis (142106)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Colombia Cenomanocarcinus renfroae (133322) Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni (133320) Dakoticancer olssoni (136134)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Oregon) Orithopsis tricarinata (133324)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Cenomanocarcinus refroae (139283) Cenomanocarcinus renfroae (138925 139285) Necrocarcinus renfroae (133325) Necrocarcinus sp. (141174) Necrocarcinus texensis, Necrocarcinus graysonensis (141000) Paranecrocarcinus moseleyi (139282)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Orithopsis tricarinata (172273)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (Texas) Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni (234564)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Spain (Basque) Cenomanocarcinus inflatus (235777)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Spain Cenomanocarcinus inflatus (139171)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni (6604 135100 234308) Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni, Cenomanocarcinus beardi (234309)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Seine-Maritime) Necrocarcinus labeschei (234086)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Calvados) Necrocarcinus labeschei (234000) Necrocarcinus woodwardi (234087)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandy) Necrocarcinus labeschei (139714) Necrocarcinus woodwardi (234024)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Chiapas) Eubrachyura indet. (192074)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Russian Federation (Moscow) Necrocarcinus gorbenkoi (232451)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Paranecrocarcinus digitatus, Paranecrocarcinus foersteri, Pseudonecrocarcinus biscissus (153947)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Sarthe) Paranecrocarcinus balla, Necrocarcinus minutus, Necrocarcinus labeschii (234565)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Nigeria Cenomanocarcinus dissimilis, Paranecrocarcinus milbournei (69632)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mozambique (Jangamo) Paranecrocarcinus mozambiquensis (235548)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Necrocarcinus labeschii (85020)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Necrocarcinus sibiricus (232833 239052)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco Corazzatocarcinus hadjoulae (127539)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Loir-et-Cher) Cenomanocarcinus inflatus (234130)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni (242017) Corazzatocarcinus hadjoulae, Pseudonecrocarcinus milbournei (69119)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni (234307)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Sarthe) Cenomanocarcinus inflatus (139203)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Cenomanocarcinus inflatus (59791)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mozambique Paranecrocarcinus mozambiquensis (174799)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Sarthe) Paranecrocarcinus balla (234621)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Cenomanocarcinus inflatus, Necrocarcinus minutus (97634)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8USA (Texas) Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni (234310)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Montana) Necrocarcinus divisi (235352)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Necrocarcinus olsonorum (235703)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Colombia (Boyaca) Cenomanocarcinus sp. (145762)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Morocco Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni (235533)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Necrocarcinus sp. (90516 90518)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Necrocarcinus sibiricus (239053)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni (135243)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria Cenomanocarcinus tenuicarinatus (69518)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Colombia (Cundinamarca) Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni (228520) Ophthalmoplax spinosus (235698)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Colombia Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni (210318)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Coahuila) Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni (133857 210316)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom Shazella abbotsensis (235836)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Cenomanocarcinus enodis, Protonecrocarcinus tuberosus (222681) Necrocarcinus vanstraeleni (4870)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Necrocarcinus sibiricus (239054)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Gard) Cenomanocarcinus inflatus (234088)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Wyoming) Sagittiformosus carabus (135546)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Mexico (Coahuila) Brachyura indet. (92293)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Campanian93.9 - 72.2Canada (British Columbia) Cenomanocarcinus beardi (122491 122497)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Antarctica Hadrocarcinus tectilacus (232604)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Montana) Necrocarcinus sp. (89500)
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Montana) Pseudonecrocarcinus eichhorni (235308)
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Necrocarcinus sibiricus (232832)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (British Columbia) Paradoxicarcinus nimonoides (207371)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Necrocarcinus pierrensis (142414)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Guerrero) Cenomanocarcinus sp. (126150)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Necrocarcinus rathbunae (164900) Necrocarcinus rathbunae, Cenomanocarcinus robertsi (125956)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Necrocarcinus davisi (235370 235774)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Necrocarcinus carinatus, Necrocarcinus wrighti (83762) Necrocarcinus wrighti (221282 221284)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Silvacarcinus cisuralicus (224094)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Necrocarcinus rathbunae, Paranecrocarcinus gamma (235827)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Necrocarcinus pierrensis (141940)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Manitoba) Cretacocarcinus smithi (78226)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Morocco Hasaracancer merijaensis (133906)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Necrocarcinus wrighti (140172)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Afghanistan (Chor) Hasaracancer cristatus (234642)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Necrocarcinus senonensis (221724)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Necrocarcinus sp. (235333)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Necrocarcinus oklahomensis (142007)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany Thelecarcinus guembeli (213668)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Necrocarcinus wrighti (140173)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Campylostoma pierrense (134956 234106) Necrocarcinus pierrensis (235362)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Necrocarcinus angelicus (126557) Necrocarcinus quadriscissus (62496) Paranecrocarcinus vanbirgeleni (126157)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Orithopsis angelicus, Paranecrocarcinus quadriscissus (234630)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Necrocarcinus siouxensis (207337)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) Camarocarcinus arnesoni (121272 206136 226562 226564)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Necrocarcinus insignis (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Camarocarcinus quinquetuberculatus (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Poland Necrocarcinus senonensis (133108)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04Belgium (Egem) Silvacarcinus laurae (126158)
Middle Paleocene61.66 - 59.24Greenland (West Greenland) Camarocarcinus quinquetuberculatus (234563)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Denmark Camarocarcinus obtusus (51500)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France Cherpiocarcinus sp. (232628)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Oregon) Marycarcinus hannae (226447 237936)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Campylostoma matutiforme (76601)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium Silvacarcinus laurae (174731)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom Campylostoma matutiforme (127555)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Marycarcinus hannae (139893)